Undoubtedly his biggest movie to-date and one of the most enduringly iconic sci-fi movies of the 90s, Andy and Lana Wachowskis cyber punk classic sees Neo discover that reality is a simulation and humanity has been enslaved. Keanu had neck surgery before filming and trained for months beforehand in a neck brace. He also risked breaking his neck permanently when during the cell phone conversation between Morpheus and Neo in the Meta Cortex office he climbed out of the window without a stuntman, 36 floors up. He also famously gave away a huge amount of his earnings (£50m) from the film trilogy to the special effects and costume teams.
