Carrie-Anne Moss Reveals Why She Turned Down Huge Roles After 'The Matrix' Movies
Carrie-Anne Moss is opening up about rejecting offers after The Matrix.
The 57-year-old actress starred in the movie franchise as Trinity, with the first being released in 1999.
While she had potential to continue taking on big roles, Carrie-Anne turned down offers as she had another idea of a path to take.
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“After The Matrix was such a big deal, I took a big, big break to have children and be with them,” she told The Independent. “I remember being torn, having a little twinge like ‘Gosh, I’m getting offered such great things. That would be such a huge deal.’ And I was holding my baby in my arms, and I remember thinking, ‘At the end of my life, will it matter to me that I have another movie on my résumé? Or will it matter to me that I held my baby?’ And I instantly thought, no. It was just a no-brainer. And I’m so glad I did that. I’m so glad I don’t have that regret.”
Since then, Carrie-Anne has gone on to star in many projects, including the recent Star Wars series The Acolyte, as well as the fourth Matrix movie, The Matrix Resurrections, in 2021.
“It was an odd time,” she said of that movie. “They put it on some streaming platform [HBO Max]. But I really don’t spend too much time thinking about what people think of things. I’ve always said this, and it’s kind of cliché, but you only have control over your own experience. That film was really such a gift, and I loved making it.”