Will Smith is stepping into the Matrix. Smith and rapper Big Sean have released the song "Beautiful Scars," featuring ...

Watch Smith in the music video for "Beautiful Scars," where the actor-rapper finally gets to take the red pill.

So I probably would have messed The Matrix up. I would have ruined it. I did y’all a favor.” The role of Neo, of course, went instead to Keanu Reeves, who went on to reprise the character in ...

By Michael Saponara Will Smith is still wondering about how the trajectory of his career would have changed had he taken the role of Neo in The Matrix rather than starring in Wild Wild West. Explore ...

Will Smith is finally making good on the casting that never was and suiting up as Neo from “The Matrix” in a new music video with Big Sean. “Beautiful Scars” dropped Thursday, becoming the ...

Will Smith on why he turned down the epic cultural phenomenon that the Warchowskis’ The Matrix went on to become. And did Wild Wild West instead.

In the teaser for his next song “Beautiful Scars,” it turns out the latter is true, as Will and Big Sean recreate the classic ...

Discovery. The Oscar-winner shared a brief video with a Matrix-style message reading, "In 1997, the Wachowskis offered Will Smith the role of Neo in The Matrix. Smith turned it down.

Fans are relieved Will Smith turned down the role of Neo in The Matrix, after watching his Matrix-themed music video, Beautiful Scars.