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Matrix, Lord of the Rings Actor Hugo Weaving Talks Missing Franchises

I'm a follower of pop culture from gaming, comics, sci-fi, fantasy, film, and TV for over 30 years. I grew up reading magazines like Starlog, Mad, and Fangora. As a professional writer for over 10 ...
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Sean Connery Could Have Been In ‘The Matrix’ and ‘Lord of the Rings’ — Who He Would Have Played

Sean Connery in ‘The Matrix’? The groundbreaking 1999 sci-fi movie starred Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne and Carrie Ann Moss. Fishburne played Morpheus, who along with Trinity (Moss) woke Neo ...
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Why Sean Connery turned down 'The Matrix,' 'Lord of the Rings' and 'Harry Potter'

Hard as it might be to believe, in an alternative universe somewhere, Sean Connery had starred in three of the biggest films of the late '90s and early 2000s, adding a handful of equally iconic films ...
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Nicolas Cage shares why he turned down Lord of the Rings and Matrix roles

Nicolas Cage has explained why he rejected both Lord of the Rings and The Matrix over 20 years ago. These two trilogies altered the course of cinema forever, thanks to grounded interpretations of ...