Aaliyah’s ET Moments: RARE Interviews With the Iconic Singer (Flashback)

ET spoke with Aaliyah throughout her career, including in the months leading up to the plane crash that took her life on Aug. 25, 2001. In the rarely-seen interviews, the singer opened up about her career ambitions in both the music world and Hollywood. She hyped her self-titled third album and joked about working with real snakes in the music video for ‘We Need a Resolution.’ Aaliyah was originally cast in ‘The Matrix Reloaded’ and ‘The Matrix Revisited,’ but only completed a couple weeks of filming before her untimely passing. The ‘Queen of the Damned’ actress shared how excited she was to appear in sequels, because she was a big fan of ‘The Matrix.’ At the time, Aaliyah said the franchise was ’the ‘Star Wars’ of our time.’ This video also features rare footage of Aaliyah performing alongside the late DMX at the premiere of ‘Romeo Must Die.