Do you know Joe Pantoliano?
You might recognize him.
He won an Emmy for his role as Ralphie in the “The Sopranos”.
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But he’s also the actor who infamous turned on Neo and took the “Blue Pill” in The Matrix.
That’s right, the movie that gave us the famous “Red Pill” phrase, now synonymous with “waking up” is literally taking the Blue Pill again in real life.
Joe Pantoliano played Cypher in The Matrix (1999), and he is indeed the character who betrays Morpheus and the crew and asks to be reinserted into the Matrix — in other words, he chooses the “blue pill” metaphorically afteralready having taken the red pill.
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