who would play a better NEO (matrix) than keanu?

[Kev]

christian bale is too creepy.
colin farrell is to sofisticated.

i can't think of anyone better than keanu

 

[Rastus]

Sean Connery was the best Neo. Everybody after him were just posers.

 

[BillGates]

Gary Busey, hahahaha

 

[SunnyD]

The Star Wars Kid...

Hands down.

 

[isildur]

colin farrell would be interesting
christian bale would work too

how about taye diggs or maybe clive owen?

- shrug -

a little off the beaten path, but both are pretty charismatic

 

[NorthRiver]

Snoop Dog!

Fo shizzle

 

[DumbGuy]

beetlejuice

 

[Yax]

Gary Coleman would have made the movie more realistic. In the real world, he'd be weak, but in the virtual world, he'd kick butt.

 

[virtuamike]

Originally posted by: Radiohead
Christopher Walken

 

[Entity]

Originally posted by: theNEOone

Originally posted by: Entity

Originally posted by: theNEOone
keanu isn't such a great actor, but he definitely plays NEO very well. the wachowski bros made a good decision casting him.


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I thought Keanu was something the studio, not the Wachowski's, insisted on?

Rob

i don't know for certain, but i'm pretty sure that at least the final word comes from the bros. seeing that they're extremely involved in EVERY aspect of the movie, no matter how small a detail it might be, it's hard to think that it would be any other way.

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http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.11/matrix.html

> So then Warner Bros. handed over $70 million to make The Matrix?
Not quite. The suits still needed more convincing. So the Wachowskis hired underground comic book artists Geof Darrow and Steve Skroce to draw a 600-page, shot-by-shot storyboard.

> And they got the creative control they wanted?
Almost. Warner Bros. retained control of the casting. For the pivotal role of Neo, the studio decided on Keanu Reeves. (Also seriously considered: Kevin Costner.) Reeves had done poorly with Johnny Mnemonic, but the studio was high on his demographic appeal. The brothers were skeptical. "They were like, 'Keanu Reeves? Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure? Can he do what we need?'" one friend recalls. "Now they feel so grateful they have him." The Matrix went on to generate more than $440 million in worldwide ticket sales.

That's where I got it from...dunno how accurate it is.

Rob

 

[DaveSimmons]

>(Also seriously considered: Kevin Costner.)

Bwahahahaahaha! That would have been SO terrible! As bad as Kaervak's Shatner idea

Keanu is perfect for the role, regardless of whether he's acting or just playing himself. Watch the Captain's meeting scene at the start of Reloaded where he's playing with the three Agents and he's utterly believable as a superhuman.