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contentbotB to Today I Learned (TIL) · 1 year ago

TIL that Will Smith turned down the role of Neo in The Matrix to star in Wild, Wild West

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TIL that Will Smith turned down the role of Neo in The Matrix to star in Wild, Wild West

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contentbotB to Today I Learned (TIL) · 1 year ago
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Will Smith explains why he passed on Keanu Reeves' 'The Matrix' role
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"....So i made 'Wild Wild West.' I'm not proud of it."
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  • stanleytweedle@lemmy.world
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    “Keep Trinity’s name out of your fucking mouth!”

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      I think you mean Niobe.

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    Thank fucking <deity>.

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      <insert diety here> was definitely looking out for us. I’ll celebrate this weekend at <insert place of worship here> and with a month-long <insert label for religious adherence to diet, clothing, and activities>

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        Yeah, imagine living in a world where Wild Wild West was never made.

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    The Matrix Rap, which would have dominated the charts for months, would have changed the entire cultural impact of the films.

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      Going forward may not be the answer. Maybe I should go back.

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    deleted by creator

    • Damage@feddit.it
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      Shit we’ve been robbed

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    Morpheus: “Free… your… mind “ as he jumps an impossible gap between two high rise buildings.

    Neo: “aww hell naw.”

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    Thank FUCK!

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    Wild Wild West was a good movie, IMO it was just ahead of its time.

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      It was a reprisal of a tv show from the ‘60s. Maybe after its time?

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        GIANT MECHANICAL SPIDER.

        That is all.

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          Jon Peters, one of the producers, had been trying to shoehorn a giant spider into a movie for quite some time. It wasn’t that he thought it particularly needed to be in Wild, Wild West. He just wanted one, so he tried to get it written into every movie he was involved with until he finally succeeded. Hearing that really helped me understand the rest of that movie.

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            Oh yeah. He was desperate to get that big ol robot spider in the never filmed Tim Burton Superman movie starring Nicholas Cage too. Weird spider fetish ya got there Jon Peters

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          And Salma Hayek

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      I’ve been meaning to rewatch it, I saw it as a kid in theaters and thought it was cool but haven’t seen it since

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    Thanks

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    But then his song wouldn’t have made any sense.

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      Releasing his song as the soundtrack of The Matrix? That would have been like the Wild West. The wicky wicky wild wild west.

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    Somebody up there must still like me

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    Breath of fresh ass

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    …We’re going straight~! TooOo~! The oracle now~!

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