When Carrie-Anne Moss starred in a series called The Matrix

This was five years before Wachowski's film, in 1993.

TFX will rebroadcast Matrix this Thursday, at 9:05 p.m. At the time of the theatrical release of the fourth opus of the saga, First wondered about the legacy of the Wachowskis, while delving into the archives, finding for example a portrait of the actress, who was almost unknown at the time she was chosen to play Trinity. We reshare his career anecdotes to wait until the rebroadcast of the cult sci-fi film.

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Explaining that she underwent intensive physical training to be able to accept the role that changed her life, she looked back on her years of shooting series for more or less forgettable roles. Among these experiences, she notably filmed in a series entitled… Matrix.

“Overall, I have a pretty critical look at everything I did before The Matrix”she explained in issue 267 (June 1999). To which the author of the interview, Christian Jauberty, added: “The one from 99… Because she also played in 1993 in a series called Matrix which had nothing to do with the film. Pure coincidence, then, but sometimes it doesn't take much to attract attention to a CV.”

Indeed, browsing his filmography, we find a series of only 13 episodes entitled Matrixwhich was filmed in Australia and aired on USA Networks that year. A SF project in which she played a certain Liz Teel alongside Nick Mancuso (Trap on the high seas), who played Steven Matrix, the main character giving the show its title. The pitch? “Hit in the forehead by a .22 pistol, Steven Matrix “dies” and finds himself in “The City In Between”, where he is shown the faces of all the people he has murdered and a sea of ​​fire. He receives a second chance.” In each episode, this anti-hero had to repair his past mistakes, and a handful of characters always returned to his side, including Liz.

“I believe the recipe for success is the combination of luck and preparation. I wanted to be ready for the day when luck passed.”also said Carrie-Anne Moss at the time, before saluting the talents of the Wachowski sisters, in whom she said she had “absolute confidence”. She also admitted not owning a computer (a point in common with Keanu Reeves, moreover, who confided a few pages earlier in a long interview), and added that he loved his character Trinity: “In life, we don't always understand why we do what we do. I'm not a cerebral person. I first listen to what my heart tells me. What connects me to my character is that Trinity is both strong and feminine, emotional, sensitive, vulnerable. This is not common in an action film.”

More anecdotes on Matrix can be found in our special issue.

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