Known for his nuanced acting performances in Hollywood, award-winning actor, and musician Will Smith is a brand in himself that needs no more introduction.
However, today, Will Smith took to his official Instagram handle and dropped an indirect and cryptic Video teaser that reveals how Smith had turned down the multilayered character of Neo in The Matrix for Wild Wild West.
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Will Smith posted a Cryptic Video Teaser on his Instagram handle:
Moreover, Will Smith took to social media today and dropped an indirect and mysterious Teaser Video on Instagram. This post suddenly made his fans and netizens think that there are chances that he might be essaying the main lead in the next Matrix movie that is being developed and materialized at Warner Bros at the moment.
The viral Teaser video’s intrigue-filled and mysterious caption reads, “In 1997, the Wachowskis offered Will Smith the role of Neo in The Matrix. Smith turned it down. He chose Wild Wild West, believing it was a better fit for him at the time. But the question remains: What would The Matrix have been like with Will Smith as Neo.? Wake up Will … The Matrix has You.”
A source close to Will Smith breaks silence on rumors of Smith’s involvement in the new Matrix movie:
According to a report on Deadline, the sources close to this development have revealed that Smith is not connected to the new Matrix Movie in the works at Warner Bros.
Nonetheless, this entire Teaser Video might most likely be associated with an exciting new music project that Smith has underway but has kept under wraps. The last musical album he released was back in 2005. Titled Lost and Found, it featured the smash-hit musical single, Switch. Switch broke all records and peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100.
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For those unaware, Switch became his third and last musical single that made it to the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 list. However, in June 2024, Smith finally made his comeback to music by dropping his first single in close to two decades, the gospel hip-hop track You Can Make It featuring singer Fridayy and the Sunday Service Choir.