Matrix: Resurrections opens today and we are so happy it finally arrived. We all remember where we were when we saw the first one and how much impact it had on us. Today we list some of the facts of the original Matrix Movie that you may have or may have not known.

1

Six months of training and four days of filming went into the first action scene.

2

Keanu Reeves shed fifteen pounds and shaved his entire body to give Neo an emaciated appearance for the scene where he wakes up in a pod.

3

Woo-Ping Yuen, a legendary Hong Kong stunt coordinator, initially declined to work on the film. Even after getting the script, which he enjoyed, he hoped that by demanding an expensive cost, the Wachowskis would be turned off. When that failed, he made an inconceivable request: he’d agree only if he could have complete control over the fights and be permitted to train the actors with his own staff four months before filming. The Wachowskis went along with it.

4

The camera pans back after the lobby shoot-out to show the aftermath of the gunfight.
After a little moment, a significant portion of one of the pillars breaks away.
This was not intentional, but it was left in for dramatic effect.

5

Carrie-Anne Moss hurt her foot during filming one of her parts, but she waited until after the shoot to tell anyone so she wouldn’t be recast.

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At the Academy Awards that year, it won all four of the categories for which it was nominated.
This is the most nominations in any category for a film that isn’t nominated for Best Picture.

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Trinity’s costume was designed with low-cost PVC due to a limited budget, according to costume designer Kym Barrett. Similarly, Neo’s coat was made of a low-cost material.
It was a wool blend that was bought for $3 a yard.

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At the Academy Awards that year, it won all four of the categories for which it was nominated. This is the most nominations in any category for a film that isn’t nominated for Best Picture.

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Trinity’s costume was designed with low-cost PVC due to a limited budget, according to costume designer Kym Barrett. Similarly, Neo’s coat was made of a low-cost material. It was a wool blend that I bought for $3 a yard.

10

Because the screenplay was billed as “the script that nobody understands,” the studio insisted on a lot of explanatory speech.

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The helicopter was a full-scale, light-weight mock-up of a helicopter. Only the blades needed to be added by the visual effects crew in post-production.

12

Carrie-Anne Moss auditioned with the scene in the nightclub where she meets Thomas Anderson a.k.a. Neo for the first time.

13

The Columbia Pictures screening room in Sydney, Australia, is where Trinity crashes the chopper through the windows.

14

When given Neo’s choice, the Wachowskis revealed in an online interview when the film was first released that they’d both pick the Blue Pill.

15

When Neo is unplugged for the first time, he is flushed into the lake in the last scene.

16

Nokia Stilettos or 8110s were the spring-loaded cell phones utilized in the movie. The “Banana Phone” is another name for it.

17

The car used while inside the matrix is a black 1965 Lincoln Continental.

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Gary Oldman and Samuel L. Jackson were both candidates for the role of Morpheus at one point.

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The visual effects account for around 20% of the overall film.

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The lobby shootout took ten days to film.