Producer "Matrix" Lorenzo di Bonaventure remembered how hard the creators were found an actor for the role of neo. In an interview with The Wrap, he told that before he was to offer Keanu Rivzu's role, he was leaning towards the candidate Sandra Bullock - all because the studio Warner Bros. Need a popular star. "We went through so many applicants, who I do not even remember today. At some point we desperately and turned to Sandra Bullock, with which it is still friends after working on the film "Destroyer". Everything was quite simple: we sent Sandra the script and promised that if he likes it, we will change the gender of the main character. If she agreed, we would really have made amend, "the producer told.
However, at that time, the actress schedule did not allow her to take part in the shooting, and she herself was not interested in this project. It is noteworthy that in 2009, Sandra told how Triniti could play - the beloved Neo, which is not surprising, taking into account their joint work with Keanu Rivz in the militant "Speed".