“For Lana, I wanted to show up in that way.”
It was just a matter ofhowshe would show up.
Without getting into spoilers,the trailersforThe Matrix Resurrectionsoffer some clues.
Jada Pinkett Smith’s Niobe returns in ‘The Matrix Resurrections’.Warner Bros. Pictures
Niobe, now much older, meets Neo (Keanu Reeves) in the real world.
She speaks to him about war.
“Something else makes the same kind of noise: war.”
Jada Pinkett Smith’s Niobe in ‘The Matrix Reloaded’.Everett Collection
“I was so touched and so moved bywhythis world opened up for her again.”
And also a good friend died in this very short period…
It was just this constant grief.
My dad died, then this friend died, then my mom died.
I didn’t really know how to process that kind of grief.
I hadn’t experienced it that closely."
But they seemingly have no memory of their past life together.
“The concepts are always really deeply layered,” Smith says.
That, she remarks, is where trust comes in her director.
The Matrix Resurrectionsopens in theaters and premieres on HBO Max tomorrow.
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