The Real Reason Tank's Character Was Killed Off In The Matrix

it's far from the biggest difference between the matrix and that sequels but funds going back to watch the film that kick-started the Matrix trilogy might always have wondered just what happened to tank in the films the operator of the Nebuchadnezzar died off screen in between 1999 sir matrix and 2003 sir Matrix Reloaded as the first movie ended with tank being grievously injured that story track of the series own internal logic but that's not the real story of white tank actor Marcus Cheung didn't join the rest of the castle the matrix for the following two films in fact Chong torpedoed his own chances to appear in the following movies in contract negotiations and to spend the interceding years trying to tell his side of the story via a little scene home made documentary and an even less read book prior to the matrix Marcus Chong was an actor on the rise he had spent most of his life in the entertainment business appearing in a number of television roles as well as in a range of Hollywood movies and then seen that Cheung could achieve household name status or something very close to it when he landed the role of tank and the matrix but although his performance in the film as memorable enough Chung's Korea hit an incredibly rough patch after the first matrix wrapped in May 2003 the same month the Matrix Reloaded hit theaters Chong filed a lawsuit against Warner Brothers pictures claiming that the matrix directors and franchise creators Lana and Lily wachowski have breached both written and verbal agreements to bring tank back for the second and third Matrix movies according to the Guardian the actor also alleged that the Wachowski sub published false claims about him being a terrorist though that hasn't ever been corroborated it appears that the reason for the alleged preaching of these agreements came about after a heated discussion over Chong salary for the matrix evidently Chong wanted much more money than one of brothers was willing to pay him for the Matrix Reloaded which was apparently much less than his fellow actors received photographs from the 2003 lawsuit showed in a documentary Chong himself made revealed that Warner Brothers offered the actor $400,000 for both Matrix sequels but Chung wanted to be paid 1 million dollars and received the same publicity as a film stars Warner Brothers didn't agree to this counteroffer Chung was subsequently arrested on October 18 2005 days following the supposed breakdown in discussion about his salary demands soon after it was revealed that he had been arrested for allegedly making repeated threats over the phone Chong was then written out of the Matrix Reloaded and the Matrix Revolutions in interviews after the fact and in his 2003 lawsuit John claims Warner Brothers and The Matrix creative team was intentionally strongarm in him into a bad contract he told that I am NOT so Hollywood podcast they wanted to start me out hold all my monies take all my residuals now give me any pension credit not any health care in the same interview though Cheung admitted to threatening their with Chelse keys after negotiations with Warner Brothers broke down and I said if you send anyone to my home to prod me I will come and kill you but Chung's attack on the producers of The Matrix extended well beyond the lawsuit in question in the 2018 documentary made by Cheung the actor laid out a number of claims against pretty much everyone involved in the Matrix movies he accused Keanu Reeves of theft said that Warner Brothers tried to force him into signing a non-union contract and littered his video with transphobic remarks about the Wachowskis the Hollywood press doesn't exactly paint the one Matrix movie on which Cheung worked as a cakewalk either speaking with Entertainment Weekly Chong is said to have owned up to crashing a press junket and stealing food from production offices among other things during his time working on the matrix given that's it's easy to see why he hasn't worked much sense as casting in the Matrix Reloaded fell through whereas chong sees a conspiracy to blackmail him it might be more likely that people saw his arrest public pot-stirring and lawsuit and decided that hiring Kim just wasn't worth the hustle check out one of our newest videos right here plus even more looper videos but your favorite movies are coming soon subscribe to our YouTube channel and to the bail so you don't miss a single one [Music] you [Music]

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Length: 4min 3sec (243 seconds)

Published: Sun Jun 07 2020