After turning down Keanu Reeves' The Matrix, Will Smith admits rejecting Leonardo DiCaprio-Christopher Nolan's Inception: 'I am hurt by those...'

After admitting that he rejected The Matrix, which later featured Keanu Reeves, the Bad Boys: Ride or Die star revealed that he turned down Christopher Nolan's mind-bending sci-fi, Inception which went finally to Leonardo DiCaprio read more
Academy Award winner Will Smith has been giving shocking revelations regarding her filmography, which has stunned his fans. After admitting that he rejected The Matrix, which later featured Keanu Reeves, the Bad Boys: Ride or Die star revealed that he turned down Christopher Nolan's mind-bending sci-fi, Inception which went finally to Leonardo DiCaprio.
'I don't think I've ever said it publicly but I am going to say it because we are opening up to one another,' Smith said in an interview with radio station Kiss Xtra. 'Chris Nolan brought me Inception first and I didn't get it. I've never said that out loud. Now that I think about it, it's those movies that go into those alternate realities… they don't pitch well. But I am hurt by those, too,' he added.
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The 2010 blockbuster earned $839 million worldwide and is considered to be one of the finest movies in the history of World cinema. It also featured Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Elliot Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, Dileep Rao, and Michael Caine.
The actor admitted that the one role, which he still regrets turning down is Neo from The Matrix, which turned out to be one of the biggest franchises and made Keanu Reeves a humongous star. 'It hurts too bad to talk about,' Smith said.
Directed by The Wachowskis, The Matrix also featured Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantoliano in prominent roles.
On the professional front, Will Smith was last seen in Bad Boys: Ride or Die . Directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, the movie also featured Martin Lawrence, Tasha Smith, Joe Pantoliano, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Paola Núñez, Jacob Scipio, John Salley and DJ Khaled in prominent roles.
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