‘I didn’t have any money, I wasn’t getting paid much’: Carrie-Anne Moss reveals she was broke after Matrix hit

Beginning her screen career with small roles in 1989, Carrie-Anne Moss was approached in 1999 by sisters Lily and Lana Wachowski, who offered her most memorable role, the lead female role in the acclaimed Matrix trilogy: Trinity.

The actor knows what he owes to this iconic role that launched his career. “Before this movie, I was nobody. Every job I got, I was so excited. Every paycheck I got, I was like, ‘Wow, I’m getting paid to act.’ But The Matrix gave me so many opportunities. Everything I had. After I did that experience Because. It gave me so much.” He confided to Carrie-Anne Moss in a 2007 interview New York Daily News.

But despite the great success of the first film (more than 460 million dollars at the worldwide box office), the actor had to fight financially for it. In fact, it was broken, as he explained in the same interview.

“I had no money. Zero. I had to find an apartment because I had just broken up with my girlfriend. Someone told Mr. Spelling that he gave me $10,000. I don’t make a lot of money to do The Matrix. It took a year of my life.

I lost my SAG insurance Because I was working outside the country . I thought to myself, “God, I’m going to have to wait tables until this huge movie comes out. This is when I really got to know myself and be more realistic.”

As the Matrix franchise continues, the actor will be paid more. He reportedly received $1.25 million to reprise his role in Matrix Resurrections. According to the celebrity site Net Worth, the actress was worth $4 million. Therefore, a far, far cry from what his counterpart Keanu Reeves weighs in on top of his $380 million, even if their respective careers aren’t quite comparable. In the Agenda department, Carrie-Anne Moss is expected to star in Star Wars: The Acolyte soon.