#however we know what a great interviewer Keanu has been so maybe he will get screen time as well as a producer credit? She asks hopefully

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Keanu Reeves, who himself is no stranger to the martial arts world and action genre, has partnered with Fisher Stevens, who is known for projects like Short Circuit 1 & 2 and Hackers, to produce the documentary on Urquidez,

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Forbidden Fruit (Pt.5) | Keanu Reeves x Reader

Part 4

WARNING: Angst.

NOTE: I'm sorry if this doesn't have a "read more" thingy. If anyone is willing to teach me how to do it over mobile, I'd be very grateful! And I'm so sorry if this was quite short. There's more to come and more developments coming!

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It had been days after that night. And nothing has been the same ever since. You could tell how Keanu was avoiding you with every chance he got. And although you felt guilty, you just couldn't help but feel frustrated and offended by how he was acting towards you.

Was it your fault that night happened? Maybe. You were attracted to the man after all. But you didn't initiate what had happened. And it wasn't your fault you caught him masturbating to you and moaning your fucking name.

But did you confront him about it? No, certainly not. How could you, anyway? You felt embarrassed and a tad bit disgusted with yourself for fucking your mother's boyfriend. And the way Keanu was avoiding you just didn't help your situation at all.

You felt as if he was thinking the same way about you. A girl with severe daddy issues.

The thought had left a bitter taste in your mouth and you couldn't help but push your plate away and drink a glass of water. Your Mom had noticed this and it was never like you to push your food away unless you felt really ill.

"Is there something wrong, Y/N?" Your Mom asked, eyeing the plate that was still filled with your favorite pesto pasta.

"The pesto wasn't really good." You could tell your Mom sensed the lie but you were thankful she didn't comment on it. The pesto tasted heavenly actually but you just couldn't bring yourself to eat. You had lost the appetite and it had been days since you last enjoyed your food.

It was Friday and your Mom had miraculously took the day out and decided to spend some time with you but unfortunately, Keanu couldn't join. Something about taking of something at Arch but you had a feeling that was some sort of half-assed excuse not to have lunch with you and your Mom fearing of the guilt that would creep up on the both of you.

Somehow, you had started to count the days before you went back home and you both dreaded and craved for it. Dreaded because it would be a while until you visited your Mom again and craved it just because you just wanted to get away from here and forget what had happened that night.

When you finally got home with your Mom after a day of eating outside and doing a little shopping spree, Keanu was already home and watching the television while sitting down on the couch. Your Mother had greeted him with a kiss but you just took it upon yourself to make your way up to your room and start editing the articles that were needed to be submitted for the next issue.

But as you ascended upstairs, you couldn't shake the feeling of being watched by a certain someone from downstairs.

Being a journalist had been a dream come true and although it was a serious job, you couldn't deny that you were passionate about it and took pride in your work. However, your silence was soon disrupted when your phone began to rang. Answering it, you put it on loud speaker while you occupied yourself into changing into some more comfortable clothing.

"Hello, Y/N?" The voice came through.

"Yes, this is she." You answered and took note of the familiar voice from your colleague and friend, Becca.

"Hey, baby, how's vacation with your Mom?" Eventful. You wanted to reply.

"It's uh... going great, yeah. How 'bout you, what's new? How's dear ol' work?" You asked as you changed into a pair of sleeping shorts and an oversized t-shirt that had quite the thin fabric and made your nipples poke right through it when you took your bra off.

"Chaotic. It's gone to shit when you took your leave. Anyways, I'm not here to guilt trip you I called to update you about the latest issue we need to make." You situated yourself on the bed and grabbed your phone from the nightstand as you tied your hair up in a bun.

"Okay, spill."

"Well, the Grand Prix motorcycle racing is coming up and a lot of people are being hyped about it. And I thought that for our issue, we should interview some successful CEOs of motorcycle companies and maybe share their story. Why they started the business and all that jazz. Maybe give us a tour to their humble abode."

"That's actually amazing, Becca. Did you have any companies in mind that could get us a head start?" You asked.

"Well, Malcolm's a huge motorcycle fan and he insisted we should try this company called Arch Motorcycle. I looked into it and they're fairly new. Started around 2011 and they make amazing motorcycles according to Mal."

Arch Motorcycle. That was Keanu's company.

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You had just finished the phone call with Becca and you couldn't even wrap your head around the fact that you were possibly going to work with Keanu if your team was going to really push through with Arch. A huge part of you hoped not although you didn't doubt Keanu's professionalism, you just couldn't deal with the awkwardness between you two.

Sighing, you plugged your phone in your charger and decided to make your way downstairs to the kitchen to grab a glass of water. It was already quiet in the living room and you assumed everyone had went to bed but you were stand corrected when you walked into the kitchen and saw Keanu drinking a glass of water.

You both froze on your spot, neither of you not knowing what to say and you did your best to ignore how Keanu's eyes had flickered from your face to your breasts. You were sure he noticed how your nipples were deliciously poking through your shirt.

Maybe you should've covered up a little.

You gathered enough courage to walk inside and grabbed a glass as you made your way to the fridge and poured yourself some water before taking big gulps of it.

"Listen, Y/N, I--" Keanu begun but you cut him off the moment you put your glass down on the counter.

"Let's forget about it." You blurted out.

Keanu seemed take aback by what you said and almost looked as if he was confused by it either. But the realization slowly hit him until he found himself leaning against the countertop.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have walked in on you like that the other night. I should've just left you alone." You continued, making sure your voice was hushed and you looked behind you before looking up at you Keanu's unreadable expression on his features, "I promise no one has to know about this. Not even Mom. It won't be long 'till I come back home anyways so we can both forget what just happened."

There was a moment of silence between the two of you and it almost felt like you'd been standing there for over an hour. Clearing your throat, you were just about to walk away when you felt his hand wrap around your arm pulling you back against him. His dark eyes were looking down on you and you could've sworn they were a darker shade of brown this time, almost black.

"Forget? Why do you want to forget all of that, sweet girl?" He'd ask, his voice quite raspy as he traced your arm up and down with his finger and you hated how your body shivered at his touch.

Keanu couldn't stop the grin that made its way on his face upon seeing your reaction.

"So responsive, baby, that's what I like. Even the slightest of touch gets you so weak for me, huh?" You felt your cheeks heating up. No, this wasn't right. This isn't what you had in mind.

Shaking your head, you shook his hand off and you could see the hint of anger flash in Keanu's eyes and for a moment you almost wanted to apologize and show him how sorry you were but that wasn't the case right now.

"Keanu, what we did was a mistake. You're with my mom and I shouldn't have given into you like that." Your words made him freeze on the spot, letting his hand fall down to the side as you took a deep breath to gather your composure.

"What we did, it won't happen again and I'm sorry if I walked in on you like that I know I should've walked away the moment I saw you in there doing... well, you know." You let out a sigh and ran a hand through your hair, "But this isn't entirely my fault either. You shouldn't have been doing that while moaning my name and I--"

"How can you be so sure it was your name I was moaning?"

"I'm sorry?" You were taken aback by his words that you had to check if what you heard was right.

Keanu looked shocked by what he just said but quickly concealed it with a stoic expression.

"How can you be sure it was you I was fantasizing about? You didn't even ask. And you're not the only one who bears the name that you have now."

You blinked. And blinked. And blinked. You opened your mouth to say something and closed it again. Was Keanu really cheating on your Mom? Well, technically he did since he had the decency to fuck you. But... was he seeing someone else outside your Mom before you came into the picture?

You gathered your composure and took a step back. This man was unbelievable. And to think you approved of him having your Mother's heart.

"You're right. I shouldn't have. And I apologize for that. But like I said, what we did was a mistake and I highly regret all of it. But it seems that you have a bigger problem in your hands. I hope you sleep well tonight, Mr. Reeves. I know I wouldn't if I was in your place."

And with that, you left Keanu standing there dumbfounded in the kitchen as you made your way upstairs. You didn't intend to slam the door as hard as you could but you couldn't help it.

You felt embarrassed. Disgusted. Devastated and somehow betrayed in a way.

You felt used. And you were so naive and let your needs get in the way and now look where that got you. You felt devastated for your Mom because she had no idea of what was going on. She was oblivious to all of this and she doesn't deserve it.

The room along with everything else was suffocating you and you knew you couldn't stand here and spend another week in this house. Grabbing your suitcase, you stuffed your things inside and didn't even care if it was no longer neat. Once you were done, you took a deep breath and decided it was best if you just leave first thing in the morning.

You were too physically and mentally tired to drive back home. Flopping down on your bed, you draped your blanket over your body and let sleep take over. But you didn't miss how a lone tear had escaped from your eyes.

To hell with forbidden fruits, indeed.

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"I'm Not Going Anywhere!"

Tuesday 7th April 2020

Good Evening folks! How has your Tuesday been? Today i'm really happy to bring some new spoilers which have been released over the last 24 hours! Looks like there's some juicy stuff coming up in the next few episodes! I have many to talk to you about so i'm going to get right stuck in. The first spoiler is that Tiffany is going to be dropping a huge bombshell on Keegan! New pictures reveal that Keegan will have a run-in with the police (again) and will find himself getting arrested. This happens after both Tiffany and Keegan attend a party hosted by Vinny, after learning that Chantelle is going to be helping them with a pay day loan. They go out to celebrate their good news, only when the evening turns sour and a brick is thrown at a police car, Keegan is unjustly in trouble with the police! Tiffany is inconsolable and rushes to Jack for help, after being interviewed Keegan is released under investigation and it's then that Tiffany drops the bombshell on him! What could it be? My guess is ... she's pregnant! What do you guys think will be Tiffany's news for Keegan? Can things get better for the young couple?

The next big spoiler I'm looking forward to sharing with you is Leo's Mum, Michaela comes back to the square, looking for Whitney! Whitney has only just been released from prison as she's out on bail for the murder of Leo. Has Michaela heard about her son's death? Is she back to get revenge on Whitney? From what pictures reveal, both ladies try to have a civil conversation, but it all goes down hill once Michaela shows her true colours and blames Whitney for what's happened. Both Gray and Chantelle try to console Whitney and take her to the Vic, only for Michaela to return and begins to cause a scene. Once Whitney is home she confides in Sonia about her fears about going to prison. What's going to happen next for Whitney? Will she ever be able to move on from this? Please let me know what your thoughts and opinions on this story-line are, i'd love to hear what you think! 

The last little bit of news I'll be sharing with you is that young Tommy Moon is going to confide in Kush in the next few episodes. Fans will know that Jessie Wallace was suspended from the soap for a few months, which in result saw her character, Kat, quickly having to dash away from Walford to help a friend in need. It is yet unknown who Kat has gone to help, rumours circulating, it could be Stacey. But in her absence, poor Kush has been left to hold the fort and look after not only her young sons but also Jean and Mo. Jean happily reveals to Kush that she is no longer wearing her wig as her hair is growing back, however he'll seem to notice a change in young Tommy's behaviour. Later on the young boy will tell Kush that he hates going to school and asks him to keep a secret. What could the secret be? Could he potentially be being bullied? Whatever the situation may be, lets hope that Kush will be able to help the poor lad through!

I hope you've enjoyed these spoilers, I'm looking forward to finding out what the outcome of all these story-lines are going to be! Now, lets focus on tonight, I think it started off a bit slow tonight but it soon got pretty good! So, I think my theory about Dotty playing off both Bobby and Peter is going to be the way she's going to make Ian squirm and eventually tell the truth. It's clear now that she's not interested in having the Arches, she want justice for Dennis I guess? And maybe she does believe that Sharon deserves to hear the truth. It's been made aware now that Bobby has a crush on Dotty, unbeknown to the poor lad that everyone knows, obviously, Ian's worst nightmare! Dotty is literally going to make Ian sweat isn't she? Eventually he's not going to be able to cope and he will crack and finally admit the truth, I can see it happening! I do want to say though, I'm enjoying the friendship that's building between Dotty and Vinny, I never thought these two characters would be brought together, but I like they way they have both confided in each other recently, i'm looking forward to seeing more of their friendship! What do you guys think is going to happen? Is Dotty going to use the Beale brothers to get to Ian? Let me know what your thoughts are about this story-line, I'd love to hear your thoughts!  

How sweet are Karen and Billy, please???!!! I really do love these two together, I know it's quite an odd pairing, but they fit so well together I think. Do you guys feel for Mitch? Because in all honesty, I don't. I don't really want him and Karen to be together, they're relationship is good as it is, why change things? I'm sure Karen loves Mitch in the sense that he's the father of her children, but I'm sure that's the extent it goes for her ... Random thought actually ... who is Bernie's father?! Does she and Keanu share the same father or is her father someone completely different? Have I missed something or did EastEnders never really explain that one? Someone please remind me! ... Anyways, I still don't think Karen will leave with the baby, there is definitely going to be something that stops her from leaving.

Ha! Who else loves the banter between Shirley and Tina? They are such great characters aren't they? They bring a sense of light humour and comedy to the soap, which is completely what we need right now! I was kinda expecting Shirley to go mad after hearing the news about them selling the Vic, but it was just so nice and humbling to see them both support Mick and Linda in their decision. They understand it's to help Linda, and as Shirley said, "This place is just bricks and mortar. It's family that matters!" ... I don't think I could love her character any more!! But that also leaves the question ... where are Shirley and Tina going to live if Mick and Linda get a place of their own? Will Shirley and Tina possibly flat-share or something? Either way, I'm looking forward to seeing what's in store for Carter's once they've moved out the Vic! 

The one moment that really got to me tonight and really touched me, was Phil finding out about Ben's hearing. I found it sad that when Ben went round to see him, and Phil was kinda testing to him to see if he could hear, it got to me ... when Phil went into the kitchen and talking about making him a cup of tea and having "Two spoons of arsenic" ... It just touched me! The realisation that Ben couldn't hear a word he was saying ... I can't really describe how it made me feel and how perfect I felt that scene was. I just felt it was so cleverly done, the script writers and both Max Bowden and Steve McFadden playing the iconic Father and Son duo, it's just perfect writing and acting! Even that last scene when Ben came back and he was clearly struggling on being able to hear what his Dad was saying, Phil knew just exactly what he needed to do. He touched him reassuringly on the arm, wrote down those few words that Ben just longs to hear from his Father .. "I am proud of you!" ... Did you see the look in Ben's face after he read those words, even though he couldn't hear his Dad say those words, it was just what he needed to know! ... And that hug!! That was an aching hug for both father and son, I hope to god the operation that Ben has will improve his hearing ... or could it potentially make it worse? Either way, it's going to be a long road for Ben, Phil, Callum and everyone involved. Ben's hearing loss story-line has been one of my favourites so far this year ... I think the script writers have dealt with the issue perfectly and it's been acted out phenomenally by the amazing Max Bowden, but also by other actors involved in this story-line ... Tony Clay, Steve McFadden, Jamie Borthwick ... they've all been fantastic, I'm hoping things can only get better for Ben, even though there may be a long road ahead before his hearing gets better.  

What storylines are looking forward to seeing progressing within the next few weeks? If you have any thoughts or theories or opinions you'd like to share then feel free to share your comments with me, i'd love to hear from you! Thank you again for reading! I know it's going to be another long week until we have another episode, but keep yourself safe and we will get through this together! Thanks guys! xXx

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by Natalie Finn | Fri., May. 17, 2019 3:00 AM

When Keanu Reeves was asked the other night, "What do you think happens when we die?" interviewer Stephen Colbert probably wasn't expecting such a deep—or assured—answer from the movie star.

"I know that the ones that love us will miss us," the 54-year-old actor said sagely, rendering the Late Show host unusually speechless.

It was a sincere, thoughtful response—vintage Reeves, really—from someone who's had reason to think about such things.

"I haven't really thought about my career future, or what was going to happen, until really recently," he also told GQ in February. Asked why he started thinking about it, he replied, "Death!"

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The still eerily youthful-looking Reeves, who's back in theaters Friday in the third installment of the blockbuster John Wick franchise, has become a brand unto himself, the name "Keanu" signifying not just movie stardom but also a certain kind of performance and even a state of mind: chill, zen, blissfully checked out ("Sad Keanu" meme notwithstanding). His name—which has lent itself to a comedy about a cat and a recent hit song by Logic, and which of course a studio exec wanted him to change when he first came to Hollywood—does mean "cool breeze over the mountains" in Hawaiian, after all.

But still waters run deep, and despite being in the public eye for more than 30 years, he's one of the least-known people whose chiseled face you would recognize anywhere. Few play it as close to the vest as Reeves, who, though he does the occasional interview and shows up to fulfill his side of the bargain in promoting his films, does not talk about his personal life. And not in the way that most celebrities don't really talk about their personal lives.

As in, it's entirely unclear if he even has one, although—look at him—he must.

"I came to Hollywood to be in movies," Reeves told Parade recently. "I feel really grateful that I've had that opportunity, but I'm just a private person, and it's nice that can still exist."

He doesn't even publicize his charity work, but his causes include children's hospitals, fighting cancer, the arts and the environment. 

"I always find it surreal that complete strangers come up and ask me personal questions," he told Parade back in 2008. "I don't mind speaking about work, but when the talk turns to 'Who are you?' and 'What do you do off-screen?' I'm like, 'Get out of here.' I've been in situations where people have felt they had a relationship with me or something and I didn't even know who they were."

Not that Reeves is an anti-star. He lives in the hills above West Hollywood, spent plenty of time enjoying the local nightlife in his youth and has starred in countless quotable action movies—and gets paid handsomely for them, enough so that he can take off and do passion projects like his first (and only, to date) directorial effort, 2013's The Man of Tai Chi, or show up unheralded on a Swedish sitcom (Swedish Dicks, now on Pop) or in any indie film he so desires, like the recent Destination Wedding, an acerbic comedy that reteamed him with Bram Stoker's Dracula co-star Winona Ryder.

He's perfectly congenial yet usually looks somewhat serious, but not because he's taking himself seriously—more as if he wants to answer even the most lighthearted of questions with respectful gravity. But hey, as Stephen Colbert just found out, if you ask Reeves a potentially loaded question, prepare to get an answer.

Asked by Parade in 2008 if he believed in aliens, because he was playing the alien Klaatu in a remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still, he replied, "Some days I do. Some days I don't. There's so much unexplained and unexplainable phenomena that's presented to us. But beyond that, the cosmos is so vast. We can't be the only sentient entity. It might not look like us, but it's going to be out there."

His signature Keanu cadence used to be mistaken for a sign of vacuity, but Reeves attributed however he came off in interviews to his overall discomfort with talking about himself.

"I've never played stupid to keep someone distant," he told Vanity Fair in 1995. "I don't play stupid. Either it's been a failure on my part to articulate, or my naivete, or ingenuousness, or sometimes it's the nature of the form... And you know, I find myself more able to give an explanation of a project five years later than in the middle of it. It's so present-tense! I can tell you how I feel, but its context is harder to explain... Sometimes when I'm interviewed I'm not ready to do that. So you say...'excellent!' And you know what, man? It's OK."

It certainly was.

Ted Theodore Logan, Johnny Utah, Jack Travern, Neo, John Wick: all characters that had to be played by Reeves. He's done everything from Shakespeare to sports flicks to A Scanner Darkly, and soon you'll be hearing his voice as Duke Caboom, a motorcycle-riding stuntman with a wistful backstory, in Toy Story 4, which will probably sneak in to top The Matrix Reloaded, which made $742 million worldwide, as his single highest-grossing movie.

"So I made Duke a little more gravelly but still tried to give him energy and a big personality," Reeves shared with Entertainment Weekly in March. "I just thought that Duke should love what he does. He's the greatest stuntman in Canada! I wanted him to be constantly doing poses on the bike while he was talking, to have this great extroverted passion."

He turned down Speed 2 to play Hamlet onstage in Canada. He was one of the first big stars who memorably jammed on the side with his own band, Dogstar, in the '90s and now he co-owns a custom bike shop called ARCH Motorcycle in Hawthorne, Calif, because he loves motorcycles as much as you think he does.

"Riding can be a place to think and feel. It's a way to work things out," he recently told Parade, noting that inclement weather doesn't stop him. "I like riding in the rain. It's a little more sketchy." He rides mainly alone, but he and the ARCH crew cruise Pacific Coast Highway on Sunday mornings.

And if motorcycles provide one soul-soothing salve for Reeves, acting provides another.

"In acting, you're constantly discovering new feelings and thoughts and exposing yourself to them," he told Parade in 2008. "I guess it could be considered psycho-therapy. All I know is that, as an actor, I can tell you a story that you'll listen to. Maybe it won't just entertain you, it might also teach you something. I think film has the power to change your life if you want to let it.

Combine his real-life inscrutability with his is-it-genius-or-does-he-just-do-the-same-thing-every-time approach to acting, and he's become more myth than man—and that, too, is a huge part of his appeal. He's just so Keanu.

"I don't own a computer and I don't e-mail," he said in the 2008 

Parade

interview. "I'm fascinated by people who freak out when they don't get an instant response to an e-mail. It's like they expect as soon as they send an email to get the answer back and if they don't it's like awful. I just hope people won't totally lose the ability to write letters because it's a good way to communicate."

He preferred typewriters, Reeves said—and we can only hope he and Toy Story star Tom Hanks had a chance to talk about typewriters together.

"I only have good things to say about him," Swedish Dicks star Peter Stormare, who met Reeves doing Constantine in 2005, which led to the actor's role on his show, told GQ. "Once a year, we'll have a beer together and talk about life and things. He's very private. He leads his life the way he wants to lead it. And I guess it can be lonely sometimes. But I think he's just like me. There's a comfort in being alone sometimes, especially when you're working on something."

"We bonded over motorcycles, bass guitar, and Harold Pinter," Alex Winter, the Bill to his Ted, also told the magazine. "Reeves had a really good book collection."

Reeves was born in Beirut, to a Hawaiian father and English mother, but they divorced when he was about 2. Mom Patricia remarried in the US., but after that didn't work out she settled with a 7-year-old Keanu and his younger sister, Kim, who was born in Australia, in Toronto. Reeves reportedly hasn't spoken to his dad since he was 13. 

"We were latchkey kids," he told Esquire in 2017. "It was basically 'leave the house in the morning and come back at night'. It was cool." But, he told Parade, "Even for a runaway English girl, my mother gave us a proper upbringing. We learned manners, respect for our elders, formal table settings. I also learned a nonprejudicial, nonjudgmental acceptance of other people."

His favorite part of school was doing plays and studying Shakespeare in English class, so he dropped out at 17 to try his hand at acting.

"My attendance record was very bad. I was lazy," Reeves told Vanity Fair. "I knew I wanted to act when I was halfway through grade 11, I guess, and school wasn't important."

His first acting job came on the Canadian series Hangin' In in 1984. Then he moved to Los Angeles and made his big-screen debut in the Rob Lowe-starring drama Youngblood in 1986. Later that year he won his first major role in the gritty teen crime drama River's Edge, which went on to win Best Feature at the Independent Spirit Awards.

So it was off to the races for Reeves, who in the next five years made a wildly diverse array of movies, including the very-'80s comedy The Night Before, Dangerous Liaisons, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (and its sequel, Bogus Journey), Parenthood, Point Break and My Own Private Idaho.

He was very much living the fast Hollywood life, and it wasn't all charmed.

In 1993, River Phoenix died of an accidental drug overdose—another painful thing Reeves didn't want to talk about, but he spoke fondly of his friend and My Own Private Idaho co-star.

"I enjoyed his company. Very much," Reeves told Rolling Stone in 2000. "And enjoyed his mind and his spirit and his soul. We brought good out in each other. He was a real original thinker. He was not the status quo. In anything."

As for Phoenix's death, "It's something he thinks about all the time, something he never really talks about," a friend told People. "Friends know not to go there with him."

In 1994 his estranged father, Samuel, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for drug possession in Hawaii, but was released in two. "Jesus, man. No, the story with me and my dad's pretty heavy. It's full of pain and woe and fucking loss and all that s--t," he told RS around that time. In 1995, he told Vanity Fair, when asked why he didn't want to know more about his dad's case, "Why would I want to find out what I didn't know?" He called the situation "pretty incredible," and that was that.

Reeves has a massive scar on his abdomen from when he suffered a rupture spleen in a motorcycle crash while riding in L.A.'s Topanga Canyon in 1988. He went into a hairpin turn going about 50 mph.

"I call that a demon ride," he reflected to Rolling Stone. "That's when things are going badly. But there's other times when you go fast, or too fast, out of exhilaration...I remember saying in my head, 'I'm going to die.'"

"I remember calling out for help," he continued. "And someone answering out of the darkness, and then the flashing lights of an ambulance coming down. This was after a truck ran over my helmet. I took it off because I couldn't breathe, and a truck came down. I got out of the way, and it ran over my helmet."

Also while his star was on the rise, his sister Kim battled cancer for years starting in the late '80s. "He helped me through," she told Vanity Fair about her brother. "When the pain got bad, he used to hold my hand and keep the bad man from making me dance. He was there all the time, even when he was away."

Actor and Dogstar bandmate Roger Mailhouse told Rolling Stone about Reeves in 2000, "He's a really giving person. He'd give you his last shoe. Really smart, too. He's incredibly booksmart. He's a really interesting person who doesn't talk a lot of s--t."

Asked how his friend had changed over the past decade, i.e. the '90s, Mailhouse said, "I don't worry about him as much. I used to worry about him. Because I think of him as one of my best friends in the world, was he going to crash his motorcycle, or this or that. We did some wild things. I guess it's just growing up. I don't know—maybe it had something to do with River Phoenix, maybe. Losing someone close to him. But now I'm just proud of him. He's getting to do it the right way."

For years you'd be much more likely to see Kim or Patricia on Reeves' arm at a premiere or other big event—such as when he got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2005—than any girlfriend, and the actor hasn't been publicly involved with anyone for years.

Not that he hasn't been linked to a bevy of his co-stars, including Sandra Bullock and Charlize Theron, but if he's in a serious relationship, it's not with a celebrity.

On The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in 2013 he was wearing what anyone would take for a wedding band on his left ring finger, but no revelations ever sprang from that accessory choice.

When Parade asked recently if he remained a bachelor, Reeves replied (squirming a bit, according to the magazine), "Well, I'm not married."

Through the interviews he's given over the years, a theme running through them is the visible discomfort he starts to evince when the conversation veers toward the too-personal. And some topics are just off-limits altogether.

Reeves started dating actress Jennifer Syme after meeting her at a party in 1998 and they were expecting a baby together—but the child, a girl they named Ava, was stillborn at 8 months. They laid her to rest in January 2000, according to People, and broke up weeks later.

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They remained close up until Syme, who suffered from severe postpartum depression, died in 2001 when she crashed her Jeep Cherokee into several parked cars on a L.A. street and was thrown from the vehicle. In 2002, her mother, Maria St. John, sued Marilyn Manson, who had thrown a party that Syme attended that night, for wrongful death, alleging he had given Syme  the cocaine that an autopsy found in her system. 

"After Jennifer was sent home safely with a designated driver, she later got behind the wheel of her own car for reasons known only to her," Manson, who knew Syme through filmmaker David Lynch and had worked with her on Lost Highway, said in a statement.

The rocker continued, "This lawsuit, which is completely without merit, will not bring back Jennifer's life. It serves only to reopen the wounds and the pain felt by all who loved Jennifer. It is a pity that St. John sullies her own daughter's reputation by filing this baseless claim."

They reportedly reached a settlement out of court, but Manson maintained he had nothing to do with Syme taking drugs that night. 

Reeves has never spoken publicly about his relationship with Syme, which certainly fits right into how he was before, let alone since. But he grieved. And he eventually had something to say about that.

"I think, after loss, life requires an act of reclaiming," he told Parade in 2006. "You have to reject being overwhelmed. Life has to go on."

The actor continued, "Grief changes shape, but it never ends. People have a misconception that you can deal with it and say, 'It's gone, and I'm better.' They're wrong. When the people you love are gone, you're alone. I miss being a part of their lives and them being part of mine. I wonder what the present would be like if they were here—what we might have done together. I miss all the great things that will never be."

So he knew exactly what he was talking about when he told Colbert, "I know that the ones that love us will miss us."

Calling it "unfair" and "absurd," Reeves told

Parade

, "All you can do is hope that grief will be transformed and, instead of feeling pain and confusion, you will be together again in memory, that there will be solace and pleasure there, not just loss."

"Much of my appreciation of life has come through loss," he concluded. "Life is precious. It's worthwhile."

He said at the time that he would like to have a family, and reiterated the sentiment a couple years later, but Reeves told Esquire in 2017 with regards to "settling down": "I'm too… it's too late. It's over." Asked to clarify, he added, "I'm 52. I'm not going to have any kids."

Famous last words from a litany of 50-something men, and he was reminded of that. Reeves just said, "That's a whole other… But no. I'm glad to still be here."

"I'm every cliché," he continued. "F--king mortality. Ageing. I'm just starting to get better at it. Just the amount of stuff you have to do before you're dead. I'm all of the clichés, and it's embarrassing. It's all of them. It's just, 'Oh my God. OK. Where did the time go? How come things are changing? How much time do I have left? What didn't I do?' I'm trying to think of the line from the sonnet… 'And heavily from woe to woe tell o'er / The sad account of fore-bemoaned moan / Which I new pay as if not paid before.'"

"So, yeah," he added, reportedly with a smile. "I'm that guy."

In turn, Reeves can't help but come off as the solitary figure he so often plays in his films, from Constantine to The Matrix to John Wick. Heck, even Duke Caboom sounds a little melancholy.

At the same time, you're just as likely to see him in a romantic tear-jerker or a quirky comedy as a shoot-em-up. He's played heroes and hustlers, sweethearts and cruel villains, teachers and  slackers, doctors and lawyers.

"For me, it's just continuing to be able to work with great artists and tell stories that people enjoy," Reeves told Parade. "I was always hoping, even when I was young, that I could do different things," he says. "I'm really grateful for that. I'm

Though he had no idea John Wick would be such a hit, Reeves was in top form in the 2014 action extravaganza as a retired hit man who goes on a revenge spree after gangsters kill the beloved dog that was a gift from his late wife.

It made almost $89 million on a reported $20 million budget. Sequel time!

"You hope and you dream but the reality is even sweeter," he told E! News in 2017 about the first film's surprise success when he was promoting John Wick: Chapter 2. "It's great to be involved in a project that has so much affection."

Chapter 2 made $172 million worldwide.

Now back for John Wick: Chapter 3—Parabellum, Reeves has revealed that he started training heavily about three months before filming began to get back into dynamo shape, and he still goes whole-hog (or horse, in this movie's case) in the action sequences, right up until a car runs into him.

"I'll do some fight scenes and then John Wick will get hit by a car," Reeves explained to Colbert on The Late Show, "and that's Jackson Spidell, who's an amazing stuntman." Spidell has been Reeves' stunt double in all the John Wick movies. "He gets hit by the car, then I'll get up from the car, then I'll do a whole bunch more of, like, gun-fu and whatever, jujitsu, judo—and then, if I get thrown off something, Jackson does his thing."

Even more exciting for some fans, however, depending on whether you like your Keanu dark or more dude-like, is the news that he and Alex Winter are finally set to start shooting Bill & Ted Face the Music, the much-discussed follow-up to 1989's Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and sequel Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, which came out in 1991. The years-in-the-making comedy is tentatively due out in 2020.

And so on his latest press tour, Keanu Reeves left his usual trail of breadcrumbs. They may not lead you straight to his door, but they'll definitely keep you on the path.

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13 Celebrities Who Were Told to Get Plastic Surgery—but Refused

Plastic surgery is a constant conversation in Hollywood. When people talk about who’s had it, they’re also speculating over who needs it, creating an endless lose-lose cycle. That’s why it’s so important that stars such as Lady Gaga and Lea Michele are speaking out against the entertainment industry’s beauty standards and encouraging those to embrace their unique, natural-born beauties.

These celebrities might be some of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood. But they, too, were once seen as flawed and not good enough. Ahead, we’ve rounded up 13 celebrities who were told to get plastic surgery to be successful in Hollywood—but refused. Find out which stars have said no to going under the knife.

In 2018’s A Star Is Born, Lady Gaga’s character, Ally, talks about her nose and how people in the music industry have liked her voice, but not how she looks. Turns out, Gaga also had a similar experience at the beginning of her career. In an interview with SkyNews, the singer said she was told to get a nose job in her early career but refused.

“I was told when I was first starting out that I should get a nose job, but I didn’t because I wanted to be who I was,” Gaga said. “I said, ‘No.’ I love my Italian nose.”

She added, “I really believed in myself when I started out pounding on doors to break down all of the barriers in the music industry, I really had courage.”

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Lea Michele

When she was 13, Michele was told by her former manager to get a nose job. She turned the surgery down and fired the manger in the process.

“She’s like, ‘How old are you?’ I was like, ’13,'” Michele said on Chelsea Lately. “She’s like, ‘Great, as soon as you turn 15, it’s time for a nose job.’ We’re like, ‘OK, we’re out of here.’ Obviously, I didn’t get it done. And wherever she is, I mean, she can go fuck herself.”

In an interview with GQ, Michele talked about how she was one of the only students from her school who didn’t get a nose job, and how “proud” she is now that she didn’t. “I was one of the only girls in my high school that didn’t get one,” she said. “And if anybody needed it, I probably did. But my mom always told me, growing up, ‘Barbra Streisand didn’t get a nose job. You’re not getting a nose job.’ And I didn’t.”

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Brittany Snow

In an essay for Today, Snow wrote about how she has a scar on her forehead from falling on a brick when she was 3 years old. “My sister was babysitting me and forgot she was babysitting me and then I fell and tripped and split my head open,” she wrote.

When she was 8 years old and started acting, Snow was told by a woman to get plastic surgery because her scar was “distracting.” She was hesitant but agreed. However, when she was in the parking lot of the plastic surgeon’s office with her mom, she changed her mind, chose to keep the scar and hasn’t looked back since.

“When I was little, there was a woman who told me I would never make it because the scar was right in the middle of my forehead,” Snow wrote. “I think I was about 8 when the person made that comment. She told me that I needed to get plastic surgery on my face because it was distracting. My mom even took me to a plastic surgeon’s office to get it removed, and I freaked out in the parking lot. I wouldn’t go in. I think instinctively my 8-year-old self knew that I needed to keep it.”

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Gabby Douglas

A lot of Douglas’s gymnastics training happened at Excalibur Gymnastics, a well-known camp that has produced more than 10 Olympic gymnasts. But the memories aren’t all positive. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Douglas was told by an Excalibur staff member to consider a rhinoplasty because of her nose’s “flatness.” Douglas, who also said she’s been teased for her nose, called the comments “very hurtful.”

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Priyanka Chopra

After she won Miss World in 2000, Chopra looked into acting. But when she met a producer, she was told “everything” about her was “wrong,” from the way her nose looked to the proportions of her body. The producer’s solution was plastic surgery.

“Before I became an actor, I met a producer about the possibility of acting. I was a beauty pageant winner at the time, Miss World. And he said that everything was wrong about me. He said my nose was not proportionate, the shape of my body was not proportionate,” Chopra said on The View. “Yes, this is my original nose. There is such a false perception about what women should look like and what our bodies should look like. Especially when you are in this business, you put on a couple pounds and people are body-shaming you. It happens… My body fluctuates, and I’m fine with it.”

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Nelly Furtado

Furtado has had a successful music career, but one producer thought she’d become even more successful if she got a boob job. Furtado didn’t proceed with the surgery, but she still felt pressure to because of how famous the producer was.

“I worked with a producer once who said, ‘You should get a boob job. You’d be a knockout,'” Furtado told Metro. “Unfortunately, he made good music so I couldn’t quit. It was completely out of context, this passing thought that just came out of his mouth.”

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Debra Messing

Before Messing filmed a love scene in 1995’s A Walk in the Clouds with Keanu Reeves, director Alfonso Arau told her she needed a nose job. “I’d never been in a film before,” she told Elle. “I was doing a love scene with Keanu Reeves. We started filming, and the very famous director screamed ‘Cut’ and said, ‘How quickly can we get a plastic surgeon in here? Her nose is ruining my movie.'”

Messing called being reduced to an “un-Hollywood nose” a “shock.” “It was a shock,” she said. “I was so confident coming out of graduate school with my Masters in acting. I’d studied in London and I was so well equipped with skill sets, and then to walk on set and have that happen—I was reduced to an un-Hollywood nose.”

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Elizabeth Banks

After being told by her first-ever acting agent to get a boob job, Banks is “thankful” she couldn’t afford his advice. “The first agent I ever met in this industry told me to get a boob job,” she said at 2017’s Crystal + Lucy Awards. “I was so grateful that I didn’t have enough money at the time to follow his advice. I also did not sign with him despite that.”

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Before she became an actor in the United States, Cho considered acting in Korea. She met with agencies, but they told her to get “work done,” as in plastic surgery. “I didn’t fit the standard of beauty in Asia. They wanted me to get a lot of work done,” Cho told Mochi magazine. “Not just one or two things, I’m talking, like, 20.… Nose, eyes, hairline, lips, cheeks, jawbone, neck, legs, everything.”

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CL, whose real name is Chaelin. is both a successful solo singer and a member of 2NE1. But when she was starting out, many executives thought the K-pop singer’s voice wasn’t enough to be famous. They also thought she needed plastic surgery.

“You know, YG [Entertainment record label executives] told me to,” she told Elle. “They told me to get plastic surgery before my debut. I stood up for myself and said, ‘No, I’m not doing it.’ Like I said before, I love CL, but I still want to be Chaelin. And if I felt like I had to change I would. But I love the natural way I look. I said no and I’m not planning to [get plastic surgery].”

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Deepika Padukone

Padukone is one of Bollywood’s most well-known actors. But she, too, was asked to get plastic surgery in her early career. In an interview with PinkVilla, Padukone said her “worst career advice” was when “somebody suggested plastic surgery before I started my career.”

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Sophia Loren

Loren is a Hollywood legend. But when she was starting out, her nose was often called “too long” and she was told by many people in the industry, including her husband, director Carlo Ponti, to get a small nose job.

“They were saying that my nose was too long and my mouth was too big,” Loren told The Hollywood Reporter. “Even Carlo said, ‘You know the cameramen, they say that your nose is too long. Maybe you have to touch it a little bit.’ And I said, ‘Listen, I don’t want to touch nothing on my face because I like my face. At that time, they used to do noses like a French nose with a little tip at the end—they liked that. Can you imagine me with a nose like that?”

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Chloë Grace Moretz

When she was 16, Moretz was working on a film when she walked into her dressing room and saw silicone implants for her to wear. Though the studio didn’t directly ask her to get a boob job, the message was clear and Moretz considered one.

“I was, like: where did these come from?” she told Sunday Times. “Those little things were insidious. Even though you can brush them off, you still internalize them. They make you question yourself and think: Well, maybe I am unhappy with the size of my breasts.”

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'Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers' 'I Don't Like Having Snakes Around' Recap

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'Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers' 'I Don't Like Having Snakes Around' Recap

[This recap contains spoilers for the Wednesday, October 18 episode of Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers.]

Farewell, Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers. You were not the best of arbitrarily divided themes, but now you’re done and it’s time to get to the business of actually playing Survivor.

And wouldn’t you know it? The season’s first episode after a pre-credit tribal swap was easily the best episode of the season, establishing that even if this season doesn’t have any clear heroes, it at least has an entertaining villain and some other entertaining oddities. Plus, one player full-on became Keanu Reeves before our eyes and if that’s not entertaining, I don’t know what is.

The tribal swap eliminated the randomly determined tribes and, as the best of tribal swaps do, it underlined several available storylines moving forward, without establishing clearly mismatched new clans.

Instead of Heroes, Healers and Hustlers, we now have:

Soko – The yellow-buffed tribe is made up of JP, Ryan, Ali, Chrissy, Roark. Roark, the season’s most invisible player thus far, is the only former Healer on a tribe in which we’re getting at least partial fulfillment on the promise of Chekhov’s Immunity Super-Idol, with the uniting of Ryan and Chrissy. It’s funny that Ryan said he gifted Chrissy with the idol because of the vibe he got from her and even funnier that Chrissy says that getting the idol made her feel loved, but since I like Chrissy and I like Ryan, I’ll allow it. Because what was Ryan going to do? Say, “I looked at the composition of the tribe and I knew that either you or Katrina would be the weakest player and therefore the clear target”? No. He was not going to say that. And what was Chrissy going to do? Say, “Thanks for assuming I was weak, that was… sweet.” No, she was not going to say that.

Yawa – The red-buffed tribe consists of Jessica, Cole, Mike, Lauren and Ben. Yes, that means that healer-of-the-economically disadvantaged model Cole and his virginal bae Jessica are still together, giving more opportunities to Jessica to realize that her infatuation with Cole is abdominal-deep. Also, separating Mike from his emotional blackmailer Joe is probably good for Mike’s spirit, if not his game. And yes, that’s three former Healers on one tribe, which would seem to bode well for the long-term hopes of that tribe, if you believe that a group of people with no real unifying characteristics will be faithful to the people they spent nine days with when they’re brought back together again later.

Levu – The blue-buffed tribe includes Ashley, Alan, Desi, Joe and Devon. So that’s two former Healers, in Desi and Joe, plus two former Heroes, in Alan and Ashley. But the two former Heroes happen to be people who were at each other’s throats from the beginning. Plus, in Alan and Joe, the Levu tribe got the two players most likely to stir things up for no reason.

And? Guess what? Wednesday’s episode revolved heavily around Levu and before going to tribal council, Joe and Alan both found a way to get up in each other’s business, because that’s who they are and Survivor probably wishes they could have put in another couple weeks of mutual irritation. Oh well. And Joe, who I hate in the way you’re supposed to hate Survivor villains, ended up winning the day after making a mess of the day in the first place.

Did Joe really figure that he could tell Devon that the former Heroes wanted to vote him out without the Heroes making a plea of their own to the surf instructor? And did Joe really figure that whatever plea Ashley or Alan made wouldn’t come across as more sincere? Surely Joe knows he’s one of the least sincere-seeming people in the world? So Joe sullied his own good name by accident, but then turned around and tried making it to his advantage by badgering everybody pre-tribal in the hopes that he would put the target on himself so that he could play his own hidden idol, except that he somehow shifted the target more toward Desi, who demanded Joe play the idol for her as a sign of solidarity. So then at the tribal, Joe played his idol, but claiming he was able to read Ashley’s eyes, he played it for himself and this was exactly correct. Ashley and Alan’s votes against Joe were thrown out. Joe and Desi’s votes against Alan stuck. Bye, Alan. Well-played, Joe, even if it would have been much more spiritually satisfying for Joe to have given the idol to Desi and then gone home in embarrassment. I obviously can’t say for sure if Joe really did read Ashley’s eyes or if he really never had any intention of giving her the idol, because no matter how loudly he protested, “giving somebody else an idol” doesn’t feel like the sort of thing Joe would do. Alan and Ashley just chose poorly.

And that’s before you get to poor Devon. He got a note saying he had an advantage that he couldn’t open before tribal, but then he got to tribal and discovered that the advantage had been used against him, nullifying his vote. The neutralizing of Devon let him opine “That is not an advantage” Keanu-style and let us witness the excitement dim in his eyes. It didn’t matter, of course. Had Devon been able to vote, there would have been three votes negated against Joe instead of two. The vote itself was unchanged. The funny twist would have been if Joe had given the idol to Desi and it had become a tie. That did not happen.

The advantage was played against Devon by Jessica, presumably to protect Desi and Joe, her fellow Healers. I’m not sure I get that choice. Jessica, who found the advantage in a bag of reward chips, wanted to keep the Healers strong and the tribe that had to go to tribal had two Healers, two Heroes and one Hustler. Voting Devon out would have been a no-brainer for Levu — get rid of the outlier, worry about the tie later — in which case snubbing Devon’s vote would have been worthless. But what if Joe had successfully stirred Devon’s paranoia and he had been wrangled in to vote against Ashley and then his vote was neutralized and Jessica had forced a tie herself? Why would she not have used the advantage to take a vote away from one of the Heroes and strengthen the Healers advantage? Right?

Just seems odd to me. Maybe Jessica was distracted and confused by trying to figure out, for the second straight episode, why her beau hunk would tell people not aligned with them about something she thought was her secret. Or his secret, for that matter. Last week, Cole was telling anybody who would listen about Joe’s idol, weakening the exclusivity of his knowledge in the name of alliance-building. That wasn’t Cole’s idol, but it was at least his knowledge. This week, he just sold out Jessica’s advantage to Lauren and Cowboy Ben in the hopes that they would trust him eventually.

“He hurt me, whether he meant to or not,” Jessica sniffled.

She added, “When I’m hurt, I always wonder, ‘Was it me?'”

Poor Jessica. She has been hurt. She hopped in bed, metaphorically, with a guy who has a good sense of Survivor strategy, but no sense of Survivor pace and restraint. I’m really, really rooting for Jessica to come to her senses and stab Cole in the back. Soon. If she doesn’t do it, he’ll screw things up for her himself.

Let’s get to some bottom lines…

Bottom Line, I. How many of Jeff Probst’s Foo Fighters references did you get during the immunity challenge? There was “You are looking for both the color and the shape” and “In times like these, you need a little luck” and “You have to finish this, no matter however long it takes. Otherwise, it’s a long road to ruin… at tribal council.” There was at least one other that I think I noticed at the beginning, something about “weight” and I believe there was supposed to be a sixth. I’m not sure where. I’m also not sure why. But that’s between Probst and the Survivor gods.

Bottom Line, II. I’m still sad for Jessica. The emotional betrayal courtesy of Cole was bad enough, but to get no real use out of something she was so pleased with! She thought it was a sign of her angel tapping her on the shoulder and saying “Bing!” and since Jessica is really religious, she actually may have meant that literally. 

Bottom Line, III. With “I don’t like having snakes around,” Devon got the episodic title quote. That was more generous of the Survivor editors than honoring him for the also Keanu-esque, “That was a crazy one. What the hell just happened?” He could have saved time by just saying, “Whoa.”

Bottom Line, IV. Since Roark got some exposure for her several seconds as odd-woman-out in her tribe and since Desi took an unwanted spotlight as potential target in hers, that left JP has this week’s invisible castaway. Without Ashley to ogle him, JP could vanish for the rest of the season and just reemerge in the finale with a string of fish wondering how he made it so far.

Bottom Line, V. I don’t quite get why Alan was Joe and Desi’s target other than, “Well, he was.” One minute Joe was calling Ashley out as the tribe’s weak link and that, relatively speaking, may have been right. It’s not that I disagree with voting Alan out. It’s just odd for a player as out there as Alan to get voted out without real cause. It just didn’t feel like Joe was punishing Alan as a threat. Hardly matters. No sweat.

Back next week for more! And be sure to read all of Josh Wigler’s great interviews!

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Keanu Reeves has been in the acting spotlight since he was 25, but now that he’s entered his 50s, he seems to be getting more love than ever from fans. We remember him for his iconic roles in Speed and The Matrix, and while John Wick has put him back in the spotlight, it appears his pleasant attitude and respectfulness toward his fans is really what fans are here for. Not only that, but knowing Reeves is this nice despite having a tragic past makes him that much more loveable.

There’s no doubt Reeves is universally loved for who he is as a person — but his acting is a different story. Unfortunately, fans still think he’s a one-trick pony when it comes to his on-screen roles. Here’s what they’ve said.

Keanu Reeves is known for being one of the nicest actors in Hollywood

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In honor of John Wick 3 I have a Keanu Reeves story.                                06:41 - 17. Mai 2019          

Keanu came to the movie theater I worked at in Sydney in 2001. He was working on the Matrix series at the time. It’s a quiet, Wednesday morning — almost nobody is seeing movies.   

I’m working the box office, bored as hell and suddenly this dude walks up in jeans, a leather jacket and a horse riding helmet. A full ass, weird equestrian looking helmet. It takes me a solid 30 seconds to ignore the helmet and realize it’s Keanu Reeves.

He wants to buy a ticket for “From Hell,” the Johnny Depp movie. I’m so fucking star struck I do what any sensible 16-year-old does and tell him I’d like to give him my employee discount. This means he needs to sign my sheet and therefore I have his autograph

“I don’t work here,” Keanu says. Seemingly confused by my offer. I’m flustered and just charge him the normal price. Kicking myself after for not getting his autograph

2 minutes later there’s a knock on the door behind me that leads into the box office. I assume it’s my manager. It’s Keanu.                                                         

“I realized you probably wanted my autograph,” he says. “So I signed this.” He hands me a receipt from the concessions stand that he signed on the back. He then casually throws an ice cream cone in the trash can and sees his movie      

I realize later that he bought an ice cream cone he didn’t want, just to get receipt paper so he could scribble his autograph for a 16-year-old idiot.

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Reeves’ resurgence on the big screen has reminded filmgoers that the star is humble, caring, and loyal to his fans — and presently, it’s all the internet can talk about. According to author Reza Aslan, Reeves bought the property that’s now his son’s preschool just so the kids in the community would have a school to attend. And another fan mentioned that when he approached Reeves on the street to take a photo with him, Reeves was “the nicest guy on the planet” about it and allowed the selfie to be taken. Not only that, but the actor is also known for being ultra-respectful toward women and funding charities without making a big deal out of it.Reeves is just learning that everyone in America loves him, too — and he had quite the humble response. During an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Reeves mentioned that the love has “been really nice and special for me. Just how well the John Wick film was received and then also recently with Always Be My Maybe and then being connected with CD Projekt Red.”

Many fans still think his acting is one-note, however

While there’s no argument for how great Reeves is as a person, many are still unconvinced by his acting. Reeves has gotten flack for his stilted performances since the days of The Matrix, and many see his action-hero characters as completely one-note. Fans took to Reddit to further discuss the matter, too. “I mean, I liked John wick and the matrix and that one with the time machine, but can we be frank? Keanu Reeves is not a good actor, right? [sic],” one fan wrote. “This isn’t someone I hate, I just don’t think he is a great actor or even a good one.” On the same thread, another commented, “I agree, he’s not great. And I think he knows it, which is why he remains humble about his celebrity and donates to charities without a lot of publicity. He’s a good guy.”Reeves’ stilted acting was pointed out on another Reddit thread, too. “Keanu Reeves is a really, really bad actor, and the overwhelming majority of his popularity on this website is due to bandwagoning,” one Reddit user pointed out. Another added, “He’s a great guy in real life that’s why I think he gets the love. But solely on acting ability he isn’t very good.”

Despite the critique, fans think he makes a great John Wick

Moviegoers may think Reeves plays the same type of action hero in every film, but even so, there’s no doubt his acting style is perfect for the John Wick films. As AV Club notes, “All that training has made Reeves a sturdy, reliable action star: Even when the movies are bad (Constantine) or baffling (47 Ronin), it’s hard to look away from the man at the center of them, who’s settled nicely into his wheelhouse.” The writer for the publication also notes that while Reeves may be comically bad at accents and romance in his films, when he’s cast in the right role (especially when that role involves him with a firearm in a suit), he becomes iconic. “He locks, loads, aims, moving fluidly in and out of fighting stance. It looks like muscle memory, like second nature. It looks like he was born to do this,” AV Club continues. With the recent success of John Wick 3, it looks like we should anticipate more films from the franchise in the future, too.