Noted ‘Matrix’ Non-Cast Member Will Smith Admits He Also Turned Down ‘Inception’ Smith has an Oscar and box-office clout, but his judgment in picking sci-fi blockbusters isn't always the best.

Laurence Fishburne hasn’t seen Will Smith play Neo in the “Matrix”-inspired music video for Smith’s single “Beautiful Scars” with rapper Big Sean.

Back in 2022, Will Smith said that if he were to time travel to his time in Wild Wild West, he’d tell his younger self he shouldn’t have turned down The Matrix.

Will Smith and Big Sean's video for their new song "Beautiful Scars" pays homage to The Matrix (and finally turns Will into Neo).

(Big Sean even wrote a book about success and it is pretty great.) Now, the music video for “Beautiful Scars” by Will Smith and Big Sean is here and it pays homage to the original The Matrix film.

He also referenced The Matrix in a cryptic Instagram post earlier this month, with text that read: “In 1997, the Wachowskis offered Will Smith the role of Neo in The Matrix. Smith turned it down.

Will Smith has finally unveiled his Matrix project, officially releasing the music video for his new single “Beautiful Scars,” a collaboration with Big Sean.

Will Smith Stars in ‘The Matrix’ Parody 27 Years After Rejecting Neo Role Watch Smith in the music video for "Beautiful Scars," where the actor-rapper finally gets to take the red pill.

Smith's casting is exactly what Resurrections was making fun of, and it's a far too meta reason to make The Matrix 5. Fans of The Matrix have already seen what making a new installment purely to ...

Will Smith recently took to Instagram to post a video that features a text message in The Matrix-style. The text reads, “In 1997, the Wachowski’s offered Will Smith the role of Neo in The Matrix.

Smith starred alongside Kevin Kline and Salma Hayek in the Western action comedy. Interestingly, 'Wild Wild West' was also produced by Warner Bros., the same studio behind 'The Matrix' franchise.

The Matrix might be one of Smith's biggest career regrets. It spawned two sequels in The Matrix Reloads and The Matrix Revolutions, with the trilogy earning a combined total of roughly $1.7 billion.