Shooting the fourth "matrix" led by the director of Lana Vachovski finally resumed, but no information about the plot of the new film is still not. It is known that Keanu Rivz and Carrie Anne Moss will return to the franchise, but in the film there will be a lot of new artists, and therefore the theory arose that one of them will become the main antagonist in Matrix 4.
According to this hypothesis, after Hugo Wiving refused to play the Smith agent, the creators of the new "matrix" decided to go completely differently, inviting the random of the charismatic Nile of Patrick Harris, who is known for the role of Barney Stinson from Sitcoma "How I Met Your Mother" . In favor of this guess, it says that the actor was seen on the "Matrix 4" shooting platform along with Kiana Rivz. SCREEN RANT Resource explains:
The "matrix" has always been played with the opposition of real and digital worlds, as well as with the struggle between people and machines. It would be natural if the villain in the "matrix 4" in the human court was a personal person who contrasted with the Smith's digital agent. If the main antagonist in the "matrix 4" will be a person, most likely he will lead a certain cult of the matrix, which glorifies life in the ignorance instead of the horror of real life. The leader of such a movement will certainly be distinguished by outstanding oratory abilities and artistry, at the expense of which he will be able to hold the army of fanatics around him. Neil Patrick Harris would look perfect in this image.
Although Harris does not specialize in villains, there are similar roles in his career. For example, he played a cunning column of Olaf in the series Netflix "Lemoni Snickers: 33 misfortunes" (2017-2019), and in the trilogy "Harold and Kumar" brilliantly performed the crazy and disrupted version of himself.