10 Supporting Movie Characters Who Should've Been The Lead

10. Trinity (The Matrix)

Sitting down to watch The Matrix for the first time in 2019 might leave you unimpressed. Because the film inspired so many other action movies after it, it's kinda like watching Dragonball Z after watching My Hero Academia, Naruto, One Piece and so on. You can appreciate it for kicking off what it did, but you sadly just can't appreciate it in quite the same way those original audiences did.

But, another reason to be let down by this classic is its reliance on the 'chosen one' narrative, something the filmmakers subverted in the sequels but which plays out pretty conventionally in the original. Which is a tragedy, especially when you have far more capable people like Trinity in your hero lineup.

Trinity isn't just more capable, she's also more invested in the story than Neo, and has a more interesting character arc. Plus, having the main character be the one mentoring the chosen one is a novel approach to the concept that you don't see as often as you'd think.