The Matrix Co-Creator Lilly Wachowski responded to Elon Musk and Ivanka Trump's reference to her film, on Twitter, Sunday.
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Musk originally wrote "Take the red pill," to which Trump responded "Taken!" Both were referencing the reopening of America during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Fuck both of you," Wachowski curtly replied. After her post went viral, she added, "Support @BSAllianceChi if you can."
Musk has been openly in support of reopening American businesses, and has already attempted to reopen his Tesla factory, going against state orders.
"I think we're rapidly moving towards opening up the country," Musk explained during an interview with podcast host Joe Rogan. "It's going to happen extremely fast over the next few weeks."
"Where do civil liberties fit in this picture? What can the government make you do? What can they make you not do, and what's okay?" Musk asked. "I think we went too far."
Musk was even harsher on a conference call following the Telsa's first-quarter profit: "Frankly, I would call it forcible imprisoning of people in their homes against all of, their constitutional rights, in my opinion," he said. "It's breaking people's freedoms in ways that are horrible and wrong and not why they came to America or built this country. What the f---. Excuse me. Outrage. Outrage."
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Brad Pitt On Passing Up Keanu Reeves’ Role In The Matrix: "I Took The Red Pill"
The role that could have been.
Will Smith isn’t the only actor who passed on a role in The Matrix. As we previously posted, Will said no to being Neo in the beloved film and instead signed on to do Wild Wild West. “I didn’t get it when I read it. It’s a hard movie to pitch. You know: ‘Everybody lives inside a computer.’ It was only when I saw it that I really got it,” he said of his initial reaction to the script, admitting how much he regretted it later.
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Brad Pitt has now opened up about the same topic and how he passed on the role as well. As we know, Keanu Reeves got the lead in the film and to this day it’s the best film on his resume. Brad is not one to talk about roles that could have been but the Once Upon a Time In Hollywood actor discussed the topic at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
“I’ll give you one, only one, because I really believe it was never mine,” he explained. “It’s not mine. It’s someone else’s and they go and make it. I really do believe in that. I really do. But I did pass on the Matrix. I took the red pill.”
