[internetworkers] Re: feel the love

burnett at pobox.com burnett at pobox.com
Mon Feb 2 17:02:16 EST 2004


On Mon, 2 Feb 2004, Diana Duncan wrote:

> Oh, and for anyone who has wondered if we named our cat Morpheus after 
> the Matrix, we DIDN'T.

Parallel naming, then. From Neil Gaiman's blog:
http://www.neilgaiman.com/journal/2003_06_08_archive.asp
(near the bottom)

"Q: Do you know if Morpheus in general was a direct shout out to your 
Sandman work?

A: There was an article someone forwarded to me when the first Matrix film 
came out, an interview where Lawrence Fishburne talked about meeting DC 
Comics' Head Jenette Kahn on a plane, and how she gave him some Sandman 
books, which he didn't read until he was cast in the Matrix, and was told 
by the Wachowskis that his part should be played like Morpheus in the 
Sandman comics. But that was the only mention I've ever seen."

best,
Steve Burnett



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