Will Smith On Why He Turned Down The Matrix

[Chi-Town B]

 

[VulcanRaven]

Will been picking bad roles mostly since then. Only like 3-5 good movies sonce then. I Am Robot, Persuit of Happiness, BB2. Never watched focus. I am Legend was extremely average.

 

[GOAT]

I Am Legend is classic

 

[GOAT]

Val Kilmer took the real L here

 

[OhMars]

A Will Smith Val Kilmer matrix ....

 

[Revolver Ocelot]

He been explaining this for like 20 years now

Starting to push Matrix in the overrated category w/ folks acting like it the greatest shit ever and how can you turn it down.

 

[AP3.0]

He been explaining this for like 20 years now

Starting to push Matrix in the overrated category w/ folks acting like it the greatest shit ever and how can you turn it down.

the first one was/is a classic for a lot of reasons in cinema and imo, still holds up very well to this day

 

[Black_Samson]

Will makes movies that mesh well with his religious beliefs.

Every sci fi movie he's made since joining Scientology has been in the same vein as Battlefield Earth.

Will can't play a messiah. He can play a lone survivor tho...

Will can never make a Book of Eli..

 

[Revolver Ocelot]

the first one was/is a classic for a lot of reasons in cinema and imo, still holds up very well to this day

Visually it it does.

Plot is still meh. Which is why Will turned it down in the first place

 

[AP3.0]

Visually it it does.

Plot is still meh. Which is why Will turned it down in the first place

i think the plot was one of the most original ones i've seen in a film

 

[GOAT]

He dont need to explain turning down the Matrix.

He needed to explain making Wild Wild West. Im guessing the money was crazy... Plus salma

 

[Revolver Ocelot]

He dont need to explain turning down the Matrix.

He needed to explain making Wild Wild West. Im guessing the money was crazy... Plus salma

Think he was getting like 20-30 mil a film around that time.

The Matrix only cost 60 mil to make (crazy), that's 1/3 close to half what Will was making alone.

 

[Hater Hearst Helmsley]

Cliff notes?

 

[313 Wayz]

Will needs to play a villain.....not an anti-hero but a villain.......it would be dope for him to play a role like that but I doubt he would do it

 

[GOAT]

Cliff notes?

In the pitch meeting for matrix they tried explain the 360 camera techniques to Will

Will was confused and didnt get it....

He said fuck it.... Imma just go make Wild Wild West



Thats was it. For real.

 

[AP3.0]

Cliff notes?

the wachowski brothers fucked up the pitch to him

 

[Inori]

lol at cliff notes for a 3 minute video

 

[Northside7]

A black messiah. He fucked that up.

Reeves and fishburne were the correct choice.

 

[GOAT]

What was Wild Wild West tho?

Was it sposed to be in the future or an alternate universe?

 

[Lou Cypher]

Think he was getting like 20-30 mil a film around that time.

The Matrix only cost 60 mil to make (crazy), that's 1/3 close to half what Will was making alone.

Holy shit, i expected the movie to cost way more than that. Even back in the 90s