Laurence Fishburne is well- known for his iconic role as Morpheus in The Matrix. His preparation for the film began long before filming started. At New York Comic Con, Fishburne spoke with his former co-star Joe Pantoliano about the making of the sci-fi classic, emphasising that no shortcuts were taken. Reflecting on the dojo training scene between Morpheus and Keanu Reeves ’ Neo, he revealed that it took nearly 10 months to perfect the battle sequence.

Laurence Fishburne said, “We trained for six months before we got to Australia. We got to Australia. We continued practicing the fight for at least four months before we shot it. Then we shot it over like three days. And we had never done it full out. Like we had always marked it. We had never really used all of our physical energy to do

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