In 2009, Bullock told Today that she turned down an offer to star in The Matrix, although she was careful not to disclose which role she had been approached with.

She said: “There haven’t been any roles that I wanted that I didn’t get, but there was a movie I wish I had done: The Matrix. At the time [I was approached about it], it wasn’t cast with Keanu [Reeves], and I didn’t see myself with the person they wanted [in it].

“Later I saw the movie and loved it. It was sexy and great because of Carrie-Anne [Moss] and Keanu.”

Anyone else suddenly in the mood for a female reboot?

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Sandra Bullock was the original choice for Neo in The Matrix, and can we watch this movie?