Hugo Weaving played the fearsome Agent Smith in ... The Matrix Reloaded, and a third movie, The Matrix Revolutions, later followed in 2003. The franchise follows Reeves’ Neo and a series of ...

I did turn down Neo in The Matrix.” In 1998, Smith was coming fresh off the success of Men in Black when he was pitched The Matrix by the writers and directors Lana and Lilly Wachowski.