Big Sean plays the Morpheus role, which was played in the movies by Laurence Fishburne, while Smith takes on Neo. Smith anchors verses one and three and Big Sean mans the middle verse of the single, which was produced by OBanga, who also sings the song's hook.

A fun piece of Hollywood trivia is that Will Smith was offered the role of Neo in The Matrix. He turned it down to star in Wild Wild West, a film by Men In Black director Barry Sonnenfeld that utterly bombed.

Will Smith and Big Sean are teaming up for their "Beautiful Scars" single later this week, and they raised hype around the track with a cinematic trailer turning back the clock. Once upon a time, Smith declined the lead role in The Matrix series,

As REVOLT previously reported, Will Smith has been sharing cryptic posts on social media, all of which seemed to allude to an upcoming appearance in The Matrix film series. Notably, he was originally offered the role of Neo,