Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss jumped 19 times from a 46-story building for a scene
Need to jump off a 46-story building for an action sequence? No problem. Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss have it. The 57-year-old actor, while promoting his next movie. The Matrix Resurrections on The Last Show with Stephen Colbert, revealed that he and his 54-year-old co-star Carrie-Anne Moss had to jump out of a 46-story building at least 19 times (yes, you read that right) to make that a specific sequence in the movie seems real. Keanu Reeves, like Tom Cruise, is known for performing most of his stunts himself - the John Wick movies are a test. On The Last Show with Stephen Colbert, Keanu Reeves, who reprises his role as Neo in Resurrections of the Matrix, was asked about the “craziest thing” he had to do while filming the fourth installment of the Matrix franchise.
“Jumping out of a building… I'm going to guess about 46 stories,” the actor said, continuing to explain why he, Carrie-Anne Moss, and the filmmakers didn't turn to post-production visual effects: “Because it's Lana Wachowski and it's' The Matrix 'and you need natural light and you want to make it real. I mean, there are cables. Carrie-Anne and I held hands and jumped out of the building. "
When asked how many times he and Carrie-Anne Moss jumped off the building, Keanu Reeves said, "We wanted to do it in the perfect light in the morning, so we did it about 19, 20 times."
Resurrections is the fourth film in the Matrix series and the first since 2003 The Matrix Revolutions. The film brings together lead actors Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss and director Lana Wachowski. Resurrections of the Matrix also stars Priyanka Chopra as a character named Sati.
Going back to Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss' jaw-dropping stunt, the actor said that while he and his co-star had prepared for the stunt "mentally," when they actually performed the stunt for the first time, his "heart rate soared a little bit ". He added: “But after the first time, you can't think about fear. You have to deal with it, absorb it, be there and do it. And that's what we did".
Keanu Reeves, who has “never” bungee jumped, summed up his experience of jumping from a 46-story building on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert: “It was incredible. Can you imagine just jumping off a wired building? "
In the meantime, in case you're wondering about the aforementioned action sequence, check it out here:
Resurrections of the Matrix also stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jessica Henwick, Neil Patrick Harris, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Jonathan Groff.
Directed by Lana Wachowski, the film is scheduled to hit theaters on December 22.
