For the longest time now, it’s been a poorly kept secret that Yahya Abdul-Mateen II would be playing a young Morpheus in The Matrix Resurrections. When Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss were confirmed to be returning as Neo and Trinity but Laurence Fishburne wasn’t, it didn’t take much detective work to deduce that the Aquaman star was portraying some kind of de-aged version of the character.
Sure enough, the trailer seemed to pretty much confirm this, featuring Mateen recreating multiple iconic scenes from the original movie opposite Reeves, even wearing Fishburne’s familiar round shades. However, the actor is now throwing doubt on the fact that his character’s identity is so simple to define. While speaking with British GQ, Abdul-Mateen cryptically stated that his role is “called Morpheus” not that he is Morpheus. Here’s the relevant part of the interview:
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