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.

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.

Will Smith explained how confusion over "The Matrix" screenplay led him to pass on the role of Neo after a weird pitch by the directors.

Will Smith has recreated a scene from a film he famously turned down in order to take the lead role in the critically-panned ...

Smith turned it down. He chose Wild Wild West, believing it would be a better fit for him at the time. But the question remains: What would The Matrix have been like with Will Smith as Neo?

Fans are relieved Will Smith turned down the role of Neo in The Matrix, after watching his Matrix-themed music video, Beautiful Scars. Will Smith has collaborated with rapper Big Sean and OBanga ...

“In 1997, the Wachowskis offered Will Smith the role of Neo in ‘The Matrix.’ Smith turned it down,” his Instagram video, written in third-person, reads. “He chose ‘Wild Wild West ...

Will Smith has recreated an iconic movie scene decades on from turning down the lead role. While the 56-year-old has ...