The scammer who posed as Brad Pitt to obtain €830,000 (£697,000) from a French woman has reportedly been identified and they may not have acted alone. The victim, named Anne, was fooled into sending money to the individual (s), pretending to be the Fight Club star, 61.

"In 1997," the post reads, "the Wachowskis offered Will Smith the role of Neo in The Matrix. Smith turned it down. He chose Wild Wild West, believing it was a better fit for him at the time. But the question remains: what would The Matrix have been like with Will Smith as Neo?"

It’s a known fact that before Keanu Reeves immortalised Neo on the big screen with the groundbreaking and genre-defining The Matrix in 1999, it was Will Smith who was first offered the role but he rejected it for Wild Wild West (1999).