Lana and Lilly Wachowski are primarily known for directing The Matrix trilogy (Lana alone directed The Matrix Resurrections), but that wasn’t their first film. In 1996, they wrote and directed the erotic thriller Bound. Starring Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon, the film was recently included in the hallowed Criterion Collection and given a re-release. Of course, Bound was a micro-budget thriller and entirely different from the mind-bending film they’d follow it with, save for one aspect. Joe Pantoliano is in both films, and a memorable villain in both. But Gershon still wishes she could’ve been another actor that makes Bound and The Matrix, well, bound together. She almost had the chance.
Gershon still feels Bound to the role of Trinity despite starring the Wachowskis’ first directorial feature film. Read More