Yahya Abdul-Mateen II was never going to imitate Laurence Fishburne in TheMatrixRessurections
✖ One of the biggest surprises for The Matrix Resurrections was not just that stars Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss would be reprising their roles for the film but that Laurence Fishburne would not, and in his stead Aquaman star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II would be playing Morpheus. This was bizarre not only because Neo and Trinity had died in the last movie, but also because Morpheus had not.
"Definitely playing a character and portraying Morpheus it was my job not to give a literal impersonation of Laurence Fishburne's performance as Morpheus but to understand that history," Yahya Abdul-Mateen II revealed to EW."I was fortunate enough to play a character who was aware of the history of the Matrix but also growing into his own, he had sort of a growth and a rebirth to go through for his own self.
Abdul-Mateen II went on to say that he intended to"pay homage to the performance that Laurence Fishburne presented" while adding something of his own too the character. He also revealed that on the page his character was never intended to be Morpheus proper, and as we know from the movie, he's not . Instead the script for Resurrections said he was"playing a guy who was aware of Moprheus and even a bit tongue-in-cheek for referencing how serious Morpheus was.
"It gave me sort of a guideline at times to go in the opposite direction of what that was," Yahya added."Like I referred to, he was discovering for the first time his own self, his own abilities, he's existing in a world where he doesn't have the same limitations that he had in a previous life. So he's been reborn as this guy who is also named Morpheus and who has a very specific responsibility.
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