Smith is the first to acknowledge that he missed the casting boat big time when the Wachowskis — who both created and directed The Matrix — came calling with a wild-sounding pitch about bullet-time ...

It's pretty well-known that Will Smith was sought out by the Wachowskis to play Neo in The Matrix, and he has finally addressed the situation in detail in a recent video. Smith was on top of the world ...

Smith has an Oscar and box-office clout, but his judgment in picking sci-fi blockbusters isn't always the best. Reading time 1 minute Will Smith’s many arenas of success have included sci-fi hits like ...

Will Smith turned down major films like Inception and The Matrix due to not understanding the concepts. Smith's rejection of these projects shows the challenges actors face in evaluating ...

Among all the names considered to play Neo in The Matrix, Will Smith is the one everyone remembers — and honestly, it’s easy to see why the studio wanted him so badly. By the late ’90s, he was a ...

When a generation-defining science fiction flick gets as much right as The Matrix (now streaming on SYFY), it’s hard to imagine that its biggest creative decisions might’ve come down to anything as ...