Carrie-Anne Moss is a Canada-based actress who is most popularly known for her role in The Matrix franchise. The actress played the role for the first time in the 1999 movie alongside Keanu Reeves, and it completely changed her professional life. She has also given stellar performances in movies like Red Planet, Chocolat, and Silent Hill: Revelation, among others. The diva is also known for the role of Jeri Hogarth in the Marvel series Jessica Jones.
The Soft Kill actress opened up about her looks in one of her best films, Matrix, and revealed getting emotional after seeing herself as Trinity.
Carrie-Anne Moss cried on seeing herself in The Matrix
Keanu Reeves’ The Matrix was the film that established the career of the actress with global fame as an action hero. Moss had never done a film like Matrix, hence, she had to do lots of preparations for the role. One of the aspects of her character was her look. The beautiful actress had to look a certain way for the movie, which was quite different from any others she had donned in the past.
Carrie Anne Moss shared in an interview that she had a tough time watching herself in the first screening of the film. She said that she was unable to digest the way she looked in the film and needed time to get used to it. She said,
“It was not a fun experience. It was so unnatural looking. I’m a very simple person. I don’t use computers, and all those special effects go against my natural instincts. It was just shocking to see myself so…out there.”
The Suspect Zero fame was part of The Matrix franchise for all the movies from 1999 to the latest, released in 2021.
Carrie-Anne Moss was inspired by Clint Eastwood for her role in The Matrix
Clint Eastwood is known to be the action hero of his era with movies like The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Bridges of Madison County, etc. Nevertheless, his anti-hero characters in the films were equally appreciable and inspiring. The actor has numerous admirers for those roles, and one among them was Carrie-Anne Moss.
The actress shared that she took inspiration from Eastwood for perfecting her role as Trinity in The Matrix. Moss once told Esquire.
“I’ve never been interested in action movies. Definitely not interested in sci-fi. So when we were on location, I decided to watch Clint Eastwood. I hadn’t seen his movies since I was a kid and went with my dad and my brother.”
Moss noted down the specifics of Eastwood’s performances to practice them and mixed them with her action sequences. She shared,
“But I remembered how still he was. Still but full of strength. I knew I needed to tap into that because I’m not a very still person. And I knew the brothers really wanted that quiet intensity for Trinity. It’s about her eyes, her voice, the way she moves. Or doesn’t move. And I watched Clint and thought, Okay, Trinity can be still and still very powerful.”
Carrie-Anne Moss played her first action-hero role in the 1999 movie, The Matrix. The movie earned $466.6 million worldwide and is regarded among the most successful films in Hollywood.
Source-Showbiz Cheat Sheet
