Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Passage: I te tau 1998, i wheturangitia a Smith me Gene Hackman i roto i te Enemy of the State. I te tau e whai ake nei ka whakakahoretia e ia te mahi a Neo i roto i te Matrix mo te Wild Wild West (1999). Ahakoa te pouri o te Wild Wild West, kua kii a Smith kaore ia e pouri mo tana whakatau, e kii ana ko te mahi a Keanu Reeves hei Neo he pai ake i ta Smith i tutuki, ahakoa i roto i nga uiui i muri mai i te tukunga o Wild Wild West i kii ia "i he i te Wild Wild West. Ka taea te pai ake. "Ko te pukaemi tuarua a Smith i tautokohia ano e te tukunga o te waiata kaupapa kiriata hei kaiarahi kotahi: "Wild Wild West", e whakaatu ana i a Dru Hill me Kool Moe Dee, i runga i te Billboard Hot 100 ka whakamanahia e te RIAA. Ko te pukaemi e pa ana, Willennium, i eke ki te tuarima i runga i te Billboard 200 a ka whakamanahia e te RIAA te purini rua. Ko te "Will 2K", te tuarua o nga waiata mai i te pukaemi, i eke ki te 25 i runga i te Billboard Hot 100. I mua i te mutunga o te tau 1999, i tukuna he pukaemi ataata e whakaatu ana i nga riipene puoro e whitu a Smith i tukuna i tenei ra, i eke ki te nama 25 i te UK Music Video Chart. I taua tau ano, i whakaatuhia te kaiwaiata i runga i te The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air a Tatyana Ali, "Boy You Knock Me Out", i eke ki te nama e toru i te UK Singles Chart me te tihi o te UK R&B Singles Chart. I whakaahuatia e Smith te kaimekemeke taumaha Muhammad Ali i te kiriata koiora Ali 2001. Mo tana mahi i whakaingoatia ia mo te Academy Award mo te Kaitito Pai rawa atu, me te Golden Globe Award mo te Kaitito Pai rawa atu <unk> Motion Picture Drama.  Pātai: He aha te kiriata i whetū ai a Smith ki a Gene Hackman?
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