Why choose between the red pill and the blue pill when you might take both?
Will Smith/Youtube
Will Smithis taking a moment to correct one of the biggest mistakes of his career.
Yes, the actor whofamously turned down the role of Neois finally stepping intoThe Matrix.
Will Smith in the ‘Beautiful Scars’ music video.Credit:Will Smith/Youtube
“There’s only one you truly regret.”
“That’s messed up,” Smith says of the reference tohis infamous Oscars slap.
“I’m going give you a choice,” Big Sean continues, getting down to business.
Will Smith and Big Sean in the ‘Beautiful Scars’ music video.Will Smith/Youtube
“Blue pill: Everything remains the same and you get to move on with your life.
Red pill: You get to go back and star in that movie that got away.
The choice is yours.”
Will Smith.Wagner Meier/Getty
After deliberating insisting that he loves his life as it is Smith makes an unexpected choice.
Unlike Neo in the film, he doesn’t choose.
He simply takes both pills at the same time.
“Whoa, s—.”
“That wasn’t even an option.”
The rest of the video, helmed byBad Boys For LifeandMs.
MarveldirectorsAdil El ArbiandBilall Fallah, follows Smith as he lives out his wildestMatrixfantasies.
“In 1997, the Wachowskis offered Will Smith the role of Neo inThe Matrix.
Smith turned it down,” Smith’s video began.
“He choseWild Wild West, believing it was a better fit for him at the time.
But the question remains: What wouldThe Matrixhave been like with Will Smith as Neo?”
The video ended with the text “Wake up, Will.
The Matrix has you…”
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Smith also played two recent sold-out shows at San Diego’s Observatory North Park.
Watch the “Beautiful Scars” video above.
