Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is playing coy when it comes to talking about playing Morpheus in the upcoming “The Matrix Resurrections”. “The character’s called Morpheus,” he tells British GQ, suggesting that he may – or may not – be playing a version of the character originated by Laurence Fishburne in the original trilogy.
In it, Morpheus led the resistance against the machines and while original series stars Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss are reprising their roles, Fishburne doesn’t seem to be involved. “It will make sense when it comes out,” Abdul-Mateen II says, adding he was “aware” of the trilogy “but it wasn’t something I watched ten or 15 times.
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