Indian actor Lara Dutta has revealed that she turned down a casting offer for The Matrix in 2001 as her mother was “extremely unwell”.
It’s unclear which Matrix film Dutta had been offered a role in, but it is likely to have been a character featured in sequels The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, which were both released in 2003.
Speaking of rejecting the Matrix role, the Bell Bottom star said: “I just had to be with my mother at the time.”
Last year, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, who shot to fame in Bollywood before moving to America, played a key role in the franchise reboot The Matrix Resurrections.