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Even 26 years later, Laurence Fishburne still says his Matrix training was no joke: 'I realized why they pay professional athletes so much money'

The Matrix, one of the best action movies, changed filmmaking forever, along with the bodies of the people who made it. Nearly three decades later, Laurence Fishburne is still talking about the brutal ...
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Training from ‘The Matrix’ is ‘still in the body’: Recalls Lawrence Fishburne at a recent event

Laurence Fishburne, reflecting on his iconic role as Morpheus in 'The Matrix' franchise, revealed the intense martial arts training required. He likened the physical demands to those of professional ...
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Laurence Fishburne reflects on brutal Matrix training: “Athletes are always in pain”

More than 25 years later, Fishburne says the physical impact of the film never fully faded. “We were essentially the first Western actors to work in the Hong Kong style, and so [martial arts ...