In the teaser for his next song “Beautiful Scars,” it turns out the latter is true, as Will and Big Sean recreate the classic scene from the film in which Laurence Fishburne’s Morpheus offers Keanu Reeves ‘ Neo a choice in the form of a pair of pills.

Will Smith is blending nostalgia with fresh creativity in his latest music video for ‘Beautiful Scars’. The recently released track, featuring Big Sean and Obanga, also marks the release of Smith’s upcoming album,

Will Smith and Big Sean are teaming up for their "Beautiful Scars" single later this week, and they raised hype around the track with a cinematic trailer turning back the clock. Once upon a time, Smith declined the lead role in The Matrix series,

A fun piece of Hollywood trivia is that Will Smith was offered the role of Neo in The Matrix. He turned it down to star in Wild Wild West, a film by Men In Black director Barry Sonnenfeld that utterly bombed.

As REVOLT previously reported, Will Smith has been sharing cryptic posts on social media, all of which seemed to allude to an upcoming appearance in The Matrix film series. Notably, he was originally offered the role of Neo,