Keanu Reeves
Keanu Reeves is an interesting guy. He kind of reminds me of a Nicolas Cage in that he’s not Hollywood beautiful but he is beautiful. He doesn’t try to be cool or look cool. Keanu IS a cool dude that doesn’t seem interested in being like everyone else. He’s unique. I’m always going to be a fan of unique.
Keanu Charles Reeves was born on September 2, 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon which is kind of cool. You know who else came from Lebanon by way of Ottawa, Canada? Paul Anka. I knew Paul a bit and am not a fan. You probably know that if you’ve been reading my blogs. Anyway….
Keanu lived all over the place as a kid. His dad earned his GED while in prison for selling heroin. Keanu’s mom remarried like twelve or fifty or four times or something. It was a bunch. Keanu had to keep getting used to his new daddy. That must have been tough. He got expelled from schools and ended up dropping out. That’s not really a surprise considering his upbringing. And I guess it doesn’t really matter since he went on to become a huge movie star.
Movies
Keanu started getting TV roles in the early 80’s and then started working on movies. One of his earliest movies was Youngblood with hot guy Rob Lowe. Keanu hit it big in 1989 with Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. Some of his other movies are:
- Speed (with Sandra Bullock)
- A Walk in the Clouds
- The Matrix
- The Replacements
- Sweet November
- Hard Ball (my favorite of his movies)
- The Lake House (with Sandra Bullock again!)
- John Wick
Keanu Trivia
- Keanu took a 90% pay cut for his role in The Replacements so that Gene Hackman could be cast.
- He also took a pay cut on The Devil’s Advocate so that Al Pacino could be cast.
- He learned over 200 martial arts moves for The Matrix Reloaded.
- Was offered the role in Platoon that ended up going to Charlie Sheen.
- Offered the role of Racer X in Speed Racer. That part ended up going to Matthew Fox.
- Is good friends with Alex Winter, his co-star in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure.
- His best friend was River Phoenix. 🙁
- Is good friends with Joaquin Phoenix.
Keanu continues to have a steady film career. As of this writing [2020], IMDB shows him as having 106 acting credits. He has eight movies coming out that are listed as either complete, post-production, or announced. He’s also a bass player and has played in different groups (Dogstar, Becky). My friend got Keanu sweat on her when she went to a Dogstar concert. That’s right. Anyway, Keanu seems like a cool and unique dude. Yay. The end.
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