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		tremon on July 17, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Jet Li rejected The Matrix as he didn’t want his k... Maybe not common, but The Fellowship Of The Ring (full motion capture and CGI for Gollum) was released in 2001, while The Matrix Reloaded was released in 2003. I don't think Jet Li needed to extrapolate into the future at all.

RedComet on July 17, 2021 [–]

Jet Li did motion capture for a video game within a year of the second Matrix release, so it wasn't the motion capture he was opposed to. Presumably it was Warner Bros' contract for him.

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