THE MATRIX 4: Laurence Fishburne Confirms He Was Not Asked To Return As Morpheus In The Movie

THE MATRIX 4: Laurence Fishburne Confirms He Was Not Asked To Return As Morpheus In The Movie

There's been a lot of speculation about Morpheus' apparent absence from The Matrix 4, and the actor who plays him, Laurence Fishburne, has now confirmed he was never asked to return for this four movie...

By JoshWilding - Aug 18, 2020 01:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Matrix
Source: New York Magazine (via ComicBook.com)

It's been clear for a while now that Laurence Fishburne won't be part of The Matrix 4, though that hasn't stopped many fans from hoping he could make some sort of surprise appearance. 

Unfortunately, the Ant-Man and The Wasp star has now confirmed that he won't be making his return as the leader of the resistance fighting back against the machines. "I have not been invited," the actor revealed. "Maybe that will make me write another play. I wish them well. I hope it's great."

It's crazy to think that Lana Wachowski decided against bringing Fishburne back, but if rumours are to be believed, Aquaman's Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is going to playing a younger version of Morpheus. That could explain why the original isn't needed, though it is a shock that he hasn't even been asked to come back for a cameo appearance of some sort (unless that's being kept a secret).

For what it's worth, though, the actor is well-aware of how important Morpheus was to his career. 

"It is probably the role that I'll be best remembered for, which is great; it's not the only thing I'll be remembered for, which is better," Fishburne said. "What I get with him is I've got Darth Vader in this hand, and I've got Obi-Wan in that hand. I've got Bruce Lee, I've got Muhammad Ali shuffled in there, and I've got kung fu. It's the old story in a modern context. It's the One, the Christ, the Buddha, the Godhead, the fully realized being told through the digital age."

A number of other original actors are coming back for The Matrix 4, but clearly, Fishburne will not be among them. Due to COVID-19, we'll be waiting a whole year longer to see what the movie has in store for us (originally, it was set or May 2021, but it's now coming April 2022 instead). 

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BlackIceJoe
BlackIceJoe - 8/18/2020, 1:32 AM
Him and Hugo Weaving not returning are the biggest disappointing news about this movie.
Reaper87
Reaper87 - 8/18/2020, 4:50 AM
@AzulaCipher - If the Reddit and 4Chan "leaks" are true, they are just putting new skins over previous characters. Lana previously did say this is a "transitioning" movie.
TheClungerine
TheClungerine - 8/18/2020, 1:40 AM
Now I can't stop picturing him as a Jedi master🙄
SethBullock
SethBullock - 8/18/2020, 1:44 AM
@TheSnyderClunge -

TheClungerine
TheClungerine - 8/18/2020, 3:03 AM
@SethBullock - 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I hope you are referring to what I think you are.

elgaz
elgaz - 8/18/2020, 1:41 AM
Disappointing, but it remains to be seen what exactly the plot is. If there was no Morpheus or Smith in the story, so be it. I'm very curious as to how Neo and Trinity are both back, are we going to see digital representations of them within the original Matrix .............. or is the fan theory of the 'real world' being yet another simulation actually accurate?
DalekCraigWasson
DalekCraigWasson - 8/18/2020, 4:20 AM
@elgaz - When this Matrix 4 was first being rumored about, it was that Michael B. Jordan would star and be young Morpheus. Now when the film was announced, MBJ was not part of the cast, but Yahya Abdul-Mateen II of Watchmen and Aquaman fame is one of the stars of it. He may be a new character, but he could also be Morpheus, back in the Matrix or a new Matrix or something, forgetting who he was and the somehoe reborn in the Matrix Neo / Trinity have to train Morpheus like he trained them.
elgaz
elgaz - 8/18/2020, 5:48 AM
@DalekCraigWasson - I could see Yahya playing a young Morpheus alright, he has a very strong facial resemblance to a younger Lawrence Fishburne.
globaltravels
globaltravels - 8/18/2020, 3:12 AM
It’s ironic... Morpheus was the only one who was still alive at the end of the last film, and he’s the only one not coming back. So strange.
DalekCraigWasson
DalekCraigWasson - 8/18/2020, 4:21 AM
@globaltravels - When this Matrix 4 was first being rumored about, it was that Michael B. Jordan would star and be young Morpheus. Now when the film was announced, MBJ was not part of the cast, but Yahya Abdul-Mateen II of Watchmen and Aquaman fame is one of the stars of it. He may be a new character, but he could also be Morpheus, back in the Matrix or a new Matrix or something, forgetting who he was and the somehoe reborn in the Matrix Neo / Trinity have to train Morpheus like he trained them.
dragon316
dragon316 - 8/18/2020, 4:48 AM
That sucks neo trinity Morpheus smith I like in movies everyone else sorry not much
WackyBantha
WackyBantha - 8/18/2020, 5:40 AM
They may not have asked him back for Matrix 4, but perhaps we will see him in Matrix 5 and/or 6. We shall see...
marvel72
marvel72 - 8/18/2020, 5:48 AM
You might have dodged a bullet there...

VoiceofReason
VoiceofReason - 8/18/2020, 6:37 AM
@marvel72 - Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!
marvel72
marvel72 - 8/18/2020, 2:07 PM
@VoiceofReason - Your Eagle eyes saw what I did there.

It got five likes so some others did as well.
VoiceofReason
VoiceofReason - 8/19/2020, 5:35 AM
@marvel72 - You really followed the correct white rabbit there.
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 8/18/2020, 9:31 AM
It's hard to care about a Matrix movie without Morpheus.

Hopefully he comes back in secret.
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