ADRIAN & NEIL RAYMENT - also known as the twin stars of ‘THE MATRIX RELOADED‘ and ‘THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS (MATRIX 3)‘
From the Isle of Thanet, Kent to Hollywood, California… From CAROL VORDERMAN‘S "Better Homes" to "‘THE MATRIX RELOADED/REVOLUTIONS‘ ". Twin brothers ADRIAN and NEIL RAYMENT‘S remarkable rise from ITV DIY "HANDY HUNKS" to "VIRUS TWINS" in Warner Bros multi million dollar sequel(s) to 1999 mega-hit "THE MATRIX" is a tale we have all become enthralled with as the hype surrounding the films reaches fever pitch.
The Celebrities Worldwide office has kept tabs on the twins‘ involvement in the WACHOWSKI brothers‘ follow up to "THE MATRIX" ever since they were cast as the white-suited, dreadlock wearing albino Twins One and Two. Interviewed on BBC‘s Liquid News last year the twins said of their roles in the upcoming "MATRIX: RELOADED": "We play these rogue viruses within the matrix mainframe (and) we‘re inherently evil!"
Given that the film features a healthy dose of martial arts, ADRIAN and NEIL have their karate skills to thank for their roles as they now rub shoulders with the likes of Hollywood superstars KEANU REEVES, LAURENCE FISHBURNE and HUGO WEAVING. According to the official Warner Bros production notes both ADRIAN & NEIL are Nidan JKA Black Belt Shotokan Karate instructors. In a national newspaper article published recently the twins described the events that preceded their casting: "We asked the casting director if we could kick each other about a bit … we battered each other from wall to wall for two minutes solid. The director was a nervous wreck by the end of it. A couple of days later we were flying out to Los Angeles…"
With the Matrix films‘ guaranteed global success it looks like we‘ll see more of the twins in the future. Having also finished filming "TEAM ONE", a film being dubbed by www.imdb.com as the "UK‘s first martial arts feature film", this is quite possibly the start of a glittering career in film for ADRIAN and NEIL RAYMENT.
We wish them well.
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