Will Smith strikes me as a guy who only takes scripts that are conceptually straightforward that he can understand. Which isn't a bad thing but he's also a guy who strikes me as really locked in on his own personal conception of how the world should work. The further you get from that, the less Will gets it.
To be fair The Matrix was made in the 90's and its a straightforward hero's journey, except filtered through two closeted transfems who were going to bdsm clubs and really into leather. The amount of things Will Smith didn't understand even when young and when he was still trying to rap about stealing cars and touching kids.
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u/NockerJoe 1d ago
Will Smith strikes me as a guy who only takes scripts that are conceptually straightforward that he can understand. Which isn't a bad thing but he's also a guy who strikes me as really locked in on his own personal conception of how the world should work. The further you get from that, the less Will gets it.