Rosie Perez Recalls ‘Horrible’ Audition For ‘The Matrix’: ‘I Really Sucked’
30.03.2023 - 00:09
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Had things gone another way, it could have been Rosie Perez instead of Carrie-Anne Moss who fought their AI overlords alongside Keanu Reeves in “The Matrix”.
In a new interview with Variety, the “Your Honor” star reveals she auditioned for the role of Trinity — but has no doubt in her mind that the role went to the right actress.
“I was horrible,” she admitted.
“As I was walking out, I was like, ‘I know I didn’t get the job. I really sucked,’ and the Wachowskis were like, ‘No,’ and the casting director was trying not to laugh,” she added.
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“And then finally I looked at her and I go, ‘I really sucked,’ and she just burst out laughing,” she recalled. “We all were laughing. I just gave the Wachowskis a hug and I said, ‘Well, good luck with this.’”
Meanwhile, Perez also revealed she nearly lost out on her breakout role in “Do the Right Thing” — because she had no idea who Spike Lee was at the time.
“I didn’t understand who he was. And I didn’t care. I threw the card away,” Perez recalled. “My girlfriend Marian went back and got it. She always joked, ‘You owe your entire career to me.’ You know, I did audition for ‘Do the Right Thing’. People think that Spike just discovered me and gave me the role. No, he made me work for it.”
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In the interview, Perez also revealed that Johnny Depp was an early supporter when she was cast as a guest star on his Fox cop show “21 Jump Street”.
“My first scene, Johnny Depp whispered in my ear, ‘Oh, darling, you’re too good for this s**t,’” she said. “Then he invited me to his trailer, and I’m thinking, ‘Oh, my