Morpheus Actor Laurence Fishburne Reveals He Was Turned Down for The Matrix Resurrections — So He Might Not Be Back for Matrix 5 Either

If there’s 1 histrion we’d similar to spot instrumentality for the Matrix 5, it’s Laurence Fishburne. But unfortunately, it seems arsenic though that mightiness not beryllium successful the cards for the legendary actor. He precocious revealed that helium made himself disposable for the 4th film, The Matrix Resurrections, but was turned down to reprise his relation arsenic Morpheus — truthful being successful the adjacent 1 isn’t looking truthful promising.

During a caller quality connected The View, Fishburne explained that his acquisition with Resurrections didn’t precisely spell arsenic hoped, truthful it’s anyone’s conjecture what volition hap successful the future.

“It depends connected the circumstances, who is involved, however good the publication has been written. If they connection [it to] me,” the histrion said of Matrix 5. “I offered my services to the 4th Matrix, and they didn’t respond good to that. It’s not similar I didn’t say, ‘I’d similar to connection my services.’ I did. And for immoderate reason, that didn’t happen.”

Morpheus is regarded arsenic 1 of subject fiction's champion characters, truthful it’s absorbing that the creatives down the upcoming movie wouldn’t person wanted him to instrumentality for The Matrix Resurrections, particularly considering helium appeared successful each 3 archetypal installments.

However, determination could beryllium a reasonably elemental mentation there: Morpheus dies successful the MMO crippled The Matrix Online. That circumstantial lawsuit successful the crippled is considered canon due to the fact that the writer-directors, the Wachowskis, gave their support to the game.

That said, due to the fact that his decease was portion of an in-game event, it could precise good person been retconned. Instead, Resurrections features Yahya Abdul-Mateen II portraying a mentation of the quality that is really a hybrid programme with Agent Smith created by Neo himself — and besides alludes to the information that the existent Morpheus, played by Fishburne, died successful the 60 years betwixt the 2nd movie The Matrix Revolutions and Resurrections.

A 5th Matrix movie is presently successful improvement with Drew Goddard attached to constitute and direct.

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.