The Matrix as "a marriage between Man and Machine". For the scene when Neo wakes up in the pod connected to the Matrix, the pod was constructed to look dirty, used, and sinister. During the testing of a breathing mechanism in the pod, the tester suffered hypothermia in under eight minutes, so the pod had to be heated. Kym Barrett, costume designer, said that she defined the characters and their environment by their costume. For example, Reeves' office costume was designed for Thomas Anderson to look uncomfortable, disheveled, and out of place. Barrett sometimes used three types of fabric for each costume,
Keanu Reeves in "" (2017), which was also well received, and is set to return for "John Wick: Chapter 3" (2019). In 2016, Reeves appeared in the horror thriller "The Neon Demon" and the dystopian romance "The Bad Batch." Reeves had a cameo in the action-comedy film "Keanu", in which he voiced the eponymous kitten. "Keanu" director Peter Atencio revealed that the filmmakers had contacted Reeves' management about Reeves appearing in the film, who declined on his behalf. When Reeves' sister showed him the trailer, Reeves contacted the filmmakers directly about appearing in the film. As the film had been mostly completed,