Will Smith in The Matrix
威爾?史密斯《黑客帝國》

Will Smith turned down the role of Neo in the Matrix films. He said later: "The Matrix is a difficult concept to pitch. In the pitch, I just didn’t see it. I watched Keanu Reeves' performance – and very rarely do I say this – but I would have messed it up. I would have absolutely messed up The Matrix."
威爾?史密斯拒絕了《黑客帝國》系列電影中的尼奧一角。事后，他說：“《黑客帝國》是一個很難理解的概念。它所傳遞的我無法領會。我看了基努?里維斯的表演，我很少這么說，但是我會把這部電影搞砸的。我絕對會搞砸的。”

"At that point I wasn’t smart enough as an actor to let the movie be. Whereas Keanu was smart enough to just let it be. Let the movie and the director tell the story, and don’t try and perform every moment.”
“在那時，作為一名演員，我還不夠聰明到讓電影達到那種效果。而基努足夠聰明做到這點。讓電影和導演來講述故事，不是每一刻都在刻意表演。”