It is a bit strange that only two-thirds of the starring trio from the original Matrix trilogy returned for Resurrections, and while it’s a good bet Mateen will kill it in the role, it’ll definitely be weird to not have the first Morpheus alongside Reeves’ Neo and Moss’ Trinity. But now that we know Mateen is appearing as Morpheus in the next Matrix movie, two questions emerge.įirst, why is he playing the character rather than Laurence Fishburne? Fishburne has previously said he wasn’t “invited” back for The Matrix Resurrections, and encouraged people to ask director Lana Wachowski about why that decision was made. being one of Keanu Reeves’ Thomas Anderson’s guides through the Matrix world.
Granted, going off his scenes in The Matrix Resurrections trailer, it was abundantly clear that, at the very least, Mateen’s character will fill a Morpheus-like role in the movie, i.e. As if the sunglasses and bald look wasn’t enough, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II writing “MORPHEUS” in the caption finally puts this mystery to bed once and for all.
