Keanu Reeves actually climbed out the window for the scene in which he escapes from the 34th story of an office building

The highway chase scene in Matrix Reloaded wrecked over 300 cars

Both Will Smith and Nicolas Cage turned down the role of Neo in The Matrix

Samuel L. Jackson and Russell Crowe turned down the role of Morpheus in the Matrix

Hugo Weaving was injured during fight training for the Matrix and had to undergo hip surgery

The text of green bands of code in "The Matrix" is Japanese sushi recipes