9 Top Reasons Everyone Loves Keanu Reeves (In fact, there are 1,000 of them)
But how does he manage to be so awesome? Keanu Reeves gives up his seat in the subway, does charity work, gives motorcycles and money to his colleagues, comes to the aid of people in difficulty and on top of everything, he has a reputation for being the most guy. kind and the most modest among all the celebrities. It seems like you can't admire Keanu more than you've loved him for years. And yet ... This modern-day hero has managed to take his popularity one step further: Hollywood adores him, we quote him, we admire him, he is the subject of memes. What else ? A petition has even been launched by his fans to make Keanu the Personality of the Year for 2019.
Bright Side will tell you the reasons why the whole world loves Keanu Reeves so much.
1. Keanu considers all people on Earth to be amazing
In June 2019, Keanu Reeves unexpectedly appeared during the presentation of the Cyberpunk 2077 video game (he played the role of rocker Johnny Silverhand). During his introductory speech, one of the spectators shouted into the audience, “You are amazing!” In an instant, Keanu Reeves shouted in response, “You’re amazing! You are all amazing! ” The video from that moment went viral on the internet, and people shared it widely, once again claiming their love for the actor.
2. “Keanu does things”
On the @keanuthings Twitter account, 245,000 followers follow their idol's every move and have fun dissecting how "Keanu does things": he fights with a teddy bear, lends his voice to characters from cartoons, reads books while walking, wears a hat, stares at a goat or rides a motorbike. The last story that made the buzz on the internet shows him signing an autograph. The actor was on his way to the set of the movie Bill and Ted - 3 when he saw a sign “You are amazing!” - referring to the previous point - on one of the lawns. He then got out of the car, went to the young woman who was carrying the sign and wrote on it: “Stacy! You’re the one amazing! ” - and he affixed his signature to it.
3. Keanu respects the privacy of others
Not so long ago, internet users drew worldwide attention to the way the actor behaves with his female admirers. If he's photographed with a girl, he never touches her, even if he hugs her as best he can. Many find this behavior polite and delicate, as Keanu knows better than anyone how difficult it is to respect each other's personal spaces. He always behaves amicably, is patient, even with very intrusive and demanding fans.
4. Keanu doesn't have a big head
You'd think his superstar status allowed the actor to behave absolutely the way he wanted - after all, audiences would forgive him for his every whim. But far from it, on the contrary: he considers himself an ordinary person and acts accordingly.
In 2014, Keanu attended the Daughter of God film ending party, in which he played one of the lead roles. The event was held at the Leonora club in Chelsea. The guy on the doorstep responsible for security at the club didn't recognize him, but he didn't feel it necessary to say who he was. So he had lined up in the rain with the other guests, waiting his turn despite the rain.
Keanu Reeves does not post on social media: he says he has nothing against it, but that he has "nothing to tweet." He wasn't even aware of his immense popularity on the Internet, and when a reporter asked him if he knew, he looked embarrassed, and said it was "madness." But he then added that "the positive is always good."
5. He leads an ordinary life and appreciates the simple things.
The actor is estimated to be worth $ 360 million, but he leads a modest life. He prefers discreet clothes of ordinary brands, likes old worn shoes, daily rides his motorcycle in the mountains or to the sea - to watch the sunset. He explains that the driving sensation, the wind, the smells and the contact with the machine allow him to “get lost in the present”.
For Keanu, true happiness is being next to his family and loved ones. Even his 50th birthday he celebrated quietly and modestly - at home with his sister Kim.
6. Twists of fate made him wiser but not cynical
Keanu Reeves had a difficult childhood and a complicated relationship with his father. He lost a friend, his fiancee died, the baby she was carrying too. This obviously took a toll on his private and professional life, but it didn't make him mean or cynical. And although he sometimes has a tendency to worry about the passing of the time, he now considers himself a happy person. When TV show host Stephen Colbert asked Keanu Reeves, “What do you think happens to us when we die?” The actor replied simply, “I know those who miss us. like ”.
7. Memes about Keanu are the funniest
In the comedy Always be my maybe, Keanu Reeves plays his own role. In one of the scenes, he makes such a spectacular entrance in a restaurant that Internet users have started to reproduce this moment by adding different music to him and even created a Twitter account on which they post their versions of the famous entry of the actor. . In just a few months, the account has already registered nearly 47,000 subscribers.
But the all-round champion of memes remains that of “Sad Keanu,” one of the network's most famous for 9 years. In this 2010 photo, he sits alone on a bench eating a sandwich wrapped in a bag. He looks so lonely and miserable that people on the internet can't resist laughing at him. A good player, he admitted to finding it funny too. Fans of the actor felt inspired and declared June 15 "Unofficial day to cheer up Keanu Reeves."
Another very successful social media meme is that of “Keanu Immortal”: the author has noticed the American actor's similarity to other individuals through the ages, including 19th century French comedian Paul Mounet and Renaissance artist Francesco Parmigianino. He combined their images with a photo of Keanu to emphasize that he hasn't changed over the years. Or if it changes, we clearly don't want to notice it.
8. Keanu makes movies, builds motorcycles and writes books
Keanu Reeves isn't just an actor. He is also a director: we owe him the film Tai Chi Master. He also founded a dubbing studio and started a motorcycle manufacturing company called Arch Motorcycle. And he even wrote books. When he discovered the famous “Sad Keanu” meme, he decided to react with humor by publishing a book of poems Ode to Happiness in collaboration with painter Alexandra Grant. Under the illustrations blurred by torrents of tears, we find poems like this one: “I wash my hair with shampoo of regret, I take a hot bath of shame…”. Reeves said the book shouldn't be taken seriously, it was just a joke.
Overall, all of his projects are driven by passion and not by the desire to make money over and over again: for example, he turned down his role in Speed 2 and instead played Hamlet in a small Canadian theater.
9. Keanu not only plays tough, but he's a tough guy himself.
Keanu Reeves carefully prepares each of his roles and performs some action scenes himself, but he always emphasizes that the toughest stunts are all about the professionals. On several occasions he was injured during filming and on a motorcycle: he injured his neck, ribs and legs, and after one of the 8 accidents, his spleen had to be removed. But Keanu still continues to ride his motorcycle and, of course, star in movies.
And that's why, for all of his quirks, we adore the handsome, sweet Keanu. He doesn't just play in masterpieces, let's face it, but he sometimes gets involved in somewhat bizarre projects. Sometimes he can be scruffy and unshaven, wear completely damaged boots, get fat and thin, be sad and lick his fingers when he eats. He's so deliciously imperfect!
Or maybe we love Keanu exactly because, even though he's a world famous mega star, he's also, ultimately, incredibly similar to each of us? Like us, he is imperfect, different, sad, resilient, dreamy, he falls and gets up, he has desires and doubts, he is beautiful, unique and cool? Keanu, you are amazing! We are all amazing.
Bonus: in this mini-film about a supermarket heist, the writers replaced the face of the savior with that of Keanu Reeves
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