Brad Pitt Turned Down One Of The Biggest Movie Franchises Of All Time

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Leonardo DiCaprio and Sandra Bullock also passed on the role.

Ill give you one, only one, the actor responded.

Because I really believe it was never mine.

PARIS, FRANCE - FEBRUARY 24: Brad Pitt onstage while David Fincher receives the “Honorary César Awar…

I did pass onThe Matrix, Pitt continued.

I took the red pill.

Thats the only one Im naming…

Keanu Reeves as Neo in ‘The Matrix’

I wasnt offered two or three.

Only the first one.

Just to clarify that.

I really believe [the role] was never mine.

It was someone elses and they go and make it.

Pitt wasnt the only prominent name being considered for the role of Neo ahead of Reeves.

Then we go to Leonardo [DiCaprio].

Then Will Smith joins it and he drops out.

This article was originally published onSep.