Gservo
9th December 2002, 01:33 AM
Keanu Reeves, who reprises the role of Neo in the upcoming two Matrix sequels, revealed details of a major fight to MTV.com. "It's a fight between Neo and Smith," again played by Hugo Weaving, Reeves told the site. "It takes place in the second film, [The Matrix] Reloaded, and it's basically Neo multi-fighting a bunch of different Smiths. It took about 27 shooting days for a camera, first unit, and there was a bunch of other days we call motion capture, which will be integrated with some of the virtual camera stuff that they are doing. When you're watching it, you're seeing people on wires, you're seeing some of the choreography and folks just trying to put a good fight together, a good fun fight."
The sequels will also feature a major dance sequence, he said. "That was a remarkable few days," Reeves said. "We shot that out in Oakland, Calif., with, I think, it was like 900 or 1,200 kids, people out dancing. ... There was a wonderful feeling coming from the people who were participating in it, just an excitement. There was drum circles and people doing impromptu concerts and singing. I'm sure a couple people are getting married after those couple of days. It was really quite a rave aspect to it, which was great. I know the brothers were really excited by the enthusiasm shown by the people involved, so it was cool." The two films, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, open in 2003.
The sequels will also feature a major dance sequence, he said. "That was a remarkable few days," Reeves said. "We shot that out in Oakland, Calif., with, I think, it was like 900 or 1,200 kids, people out dancing. ... There was a wonderful feeling coming from the people who were participating in it, just an excitement. There was drum circles and people doing impromptu concerts and singing. I'm sure a couple people are getting married after those couple of days. It was really quite a rave aspect to it, which was great. I know the brothers were really excited by the enthusiasm shown by the people involved, so it was cool." The two films, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, open in 2003.