Brad Pitt has been playing the lead role in the film The Matrix refused. During the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, the actor tells us that the role was not for him.
The 56-year-old Pitt initially refuses to answer the question of whether he has rejected major roles, but then decides to reveal something: “I give you an example because I feel that this role was never meant for me “, the actor begins.
“It was a role that belonged to someone else, and that person made something of it. I really believe in that. I have a role in The Matrix refused. I have taken the red pill “, he jokingly refers to an important plot detail in the film.
The first part of The Matrix appeared in 1999 and the male lead Neo was played by Keanu Reeves. The film was eventually made into a trilogy and in 2021 a fourth film will even be published.
Will Smith also abandoned the role Wild Wild West to be able to play. The actor later joked that he would tell his younger self to say ‘yes’ to the role in the popular science fiction film.
Pitt was awarded the Maltin Modern Master Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival for his contribution to the film industry. The actor has been nominated for an Oscar for his supporting role in Once Upon a Time In … Hollywood.
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