His credits as a second unit director included the first Harry Potter movie, The Matrix Reloaded and Kevin Costner's Waterworld.

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The second film, The Matrix Reloaded, was a hit around the world despite some poor reviews and disappointment among some fans.

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To make "The Matrix" (1999) and its sequels, the Wachowski brothers hired legendary Hong Kong action director Yuen Woo-Ping as a fight choreographer so Michelle Yeoh's scorpion kick from Mr. Yuen's "Tai-Chi Master" (1993) became Carrie-Anne Moss's scorpion kick in "The Matrix Reloaded" (2003).

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