Will Smith’s legendary boneheaded selections relating to selecting movie roles early in his profession will ceaselessly hang-out him.
The rapper and actor has had quite a few notable roles in his ongoing Hollywood profession. Nonetheless, he’ll ceaselessly be remembered by film followers for turning down the lead position of Neo in The Matrix franchise to star in one of many greatest flops of his profession, Wild Wild West.
It seems that he has been holding onto one other epic failure, having turned down a job within the Christopher Nolan blockbuster Inception.
The Independence Day star shared throughout an interview with radio station KISS XTRA that Nolan pitched the 2010 mind-bending science fiction movie to him, however he mentioned nah as a result of “didn’t get it.”
“I’ve by no means mentioned that out loud,” Smith mentioned within the interview. “And now that I give it some thought, it’s these films that go into these alternate realities, they don’t pitch effectively.”
Bruh.
He didn’t reveal which position Nolan was pitching to him, however the lead position in the end went to Leonardo DiCaprio, and we actually couldn’t see anybody else in it now.
Smith Is Nonetheless Damage About Turning Down The Matrix
Smith additionally revisited his choice to show down the starring position in The Matrix, calling it one in every of his “lovely scars.”
As a substitute of being the one, a job that finally went to Keanu Reeves, catapulting his film profession, Smith determined to star as Jim West in Wild Wild West.
Smith was banking on his newly minted standing as a summer time blockbuster king following the success of his earlier movies, Independence Day and Males in Black, however that turned out to not be the case.
The Matrix went on to be a essential success in 1999, spawning two profitable sequels and a reboot, whereas Wild Wild West went on to win a number of Razzies and was panned by critics.
We’re certain Smith has realized some beneficial classes from his field workplace misses.
