Eva Mendes, Samantha Mumba, Brandy Norwood and Tatyana Ali were all rumored to be possible replacements for the character of Zee, after the initial choice Aaliyah died in a plane crash on 25 August 2001. Nona M. Gaye (daughter of late Motown legend Marvin Gaye) was eventually cast in the role.
The Matrix Revolutions (2003), Enter the Matrix (2003) (VG), and this film were shot back-to-back.
There are twelve hoverships in Zion's fleet, of which ten are shown or mentioned in the films and video game, Enter the Matrix (2003) (VG), and whose names and captains are as follows: Osiris - Thadeus; Logos - Niobe; Nebuchadnezzar (Neb) - Morpheus; Mjolnir (Hammer) - Roland; Caduceus - Ballard; Gnosis - Ice; Vigilant - Soren; Icarus - Ajax; Brahma - Kali; Novalis - Tirant. Concept artwork reveals the names of the remaining two ships: the Ganesha and the Vishnu.
Lara Dutta was offered a role in this film as well as The Matrix Revolutions (2003), but turned the part down because she didn't like the script.
The 1.4-mile, three-lane loop highway was built specifically for the chase scene on the decommissioned Alameda Point Navy Base. It was destroyed when filming was complete
It was reported that Keanu Reeves volunteered to give up a claim to a share of ticket sales amounting to around $38 million when producers feared that the film would never recoup the cost of the special effects.
The special effects cost $100 million U.S.
The script for the movie (while in production) was code-named The Burly Man. The Burly Man is the title of the script Barton Fink is working on in the film Barton Fink (1991). While shooting the freeway sequence, the directors watched rushes etc. in a vehicle referred to by the crew as the Burly Van.
GM donated 300 cars for use in the production of the movie. All 300 were wrecked by the end.
There were several injuries on the set: Carrie-Anne Moss broke her leg training for a wire stunt, Laurence Fishburne fractured an arm in another training incident and Hugo Weaving put out a disc in his neck while being pulled back on a wire.
The film's highway chase sequence took almost three months to shoot (longer than many films' entire shooting schedule).
When Trinity hacks the Power Station's computer, the password she uses is Z1ON0101.
Trinity uses a genuine hack to get into the Matrix. She uses Nmap version 2.54BETA25 (an actual port scanning tool) to find a vulnerable SSH server, and then proceeds to exploit it using the SSH1 CRC32 exploit from 2001.
Cameo: [Bill Pope] The director of photography makes an appearance as a security guard who gets paid to count sheep.
Matrix Reloaded promotional material was in such high demand, that distributors were extremely worried about it being stolen. To combat this, standees and banners were sent out with the code names of Caddyshack 2 and The Replacements. Several cinemas thought they had not received the materials due to these names, and as such, did not display them until the last minute.
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