The audience “silver screen” always refers to actor Keanu Reeves with the dear name – “kind guy” because of his great way of life, rich in compassion and full of affection. Keanu cherishes every moment in life and often shares happiness with those around him. But what else might we not know about this charming actor?
Let’s temporarily forget the image of a “dog-loving” assassin roaming around to protect those he loves and free himself and focus more on Keanu Reeves. A similarity with the character of John Wick is that actor Keanu Reeves is a loving, respectful, loving person with family and compassion for those around him. To know more interesting things about this talented actor, follow the following article with ELLE Man .
1. Owning a unique name
Right at the beginning of his acting career in Hollywood, actor Keanu Reeves attracted attention by his own name. It was taken from the name of his uncle, Henry Keanu Reeves. Keanu Reeves means “cool breeze blowing through the mountains”.
2. Keanu Reeves has been without his father’s love since he was 3 years old
Actor Keanu Reeves grew up in a family with a mother who is a costume designer in Essex (England) and an American geologist father. Family happiness for him is fragile when his father has passed away. leaving the family home, leaving behind a 3-year-old son who still doesn’t know life. Small happiness, life lessons or simply moments of conversation between father and son cannot be obtained.
Keanu and his father kept in touch until he was 6 years old. The last time they met was when Keanu was 13 years old. During that time, his father was arrested for illegal heroin trafficking at the international airport.
The life of young Keanu went through many disturbances. After his biological parents divorced, his mother had 3 more remarriages. This caused him and his family to move to many places, he also had to attend many schools and he did not have a true friendship.
3. The younger sister has leukemia
Actor Keanu Reeves once revealed that one of the people closest to him is his younger sister, named Kim Reeves. A few years ago, the doctor diagnosed her with leukemia. Witnessing the scene of a loved one suffering from a painful illness, his heart could not help but break. The love for his sister and the empathy for those who suffer from the same disease is so great, actor Keanu Reeves has contributed some of his earnings to leukemia research (70% of the time). proceeds from the blockbuster “Matrix” once).
4. Keanu Reeves has lost his best friend
Lonely in the midst of life, always longing for family love, brotherhood, and friends to share difficult times in life, actor Keanu Reeves was fortunate to meet River Phoenix – his colleague in Hollywood. They quickly became close and became an extremely close “match” of Hollywood, culminating when they co-starred in the movie “My Own Private Idaho” (1993). However, fate once again teased the gentle boy Keanu when he stole his best friend. After River Phoenix died of a drug overdose on the sidewalk of the Viper Room nightclub, tears of mourning for his soulmate also flowed.
5. Keanu Reeves was paid 10 million dollars in advance (equivalent to 230 billion dong) for the movie “Matrix 1”
When the career is at the peak of glory, good news spreads throughout the corners of Hollywood in particular and the world in general. Actor Keanu Reeves earned millions of dollars for his role. When the movie “Matrix” was completed and achieved an unexpected success, $114 million was the amount he earned for that classic Neo role. As an A-list Hollywood star, he chose a simple and peaceful life.
For him, the important thing to survive in the world is not eternal money, but the love built from small things. For example, to show appreciation for the efforts to get the job done well, actor Keanu Reeves gave up to $80 million for the film’s staff. Not only that, he also “rewards” each stuntman for risky scenes with a Harley Davidson motorcycle. Simply because they deserve it and most importantly, Keanu is a guy with a lot of affection.
6. Was a member of a band
Art is ingrained in the lifeblood of actor Keanu Reeves, formerly a member of the rock band Dog Star. In the group, he takes the position of musician playing bass guitar. During more than a decade (1990-2000) with the band and numerous tours to Belgium and the UK, Dog Star released an EP and two albums before the group disbanded. After that, his passion for music was still there, he continued that path with the band Becky. However, due to being too busy with work, he had to put aside singing to focus on work.
7. Leaving school to pursue an acting career
After being forced to drop out of fourth school, actor Keanu Reeves enrolled at Avondale School. Here, he can both accumulate knowledge and dream of becoming an actor. But then, he decided to leave school forever and boldly venture into the entertainment industry, into the famed “silver screen”. When he was 16 years old, he made his official debut in a coca-cola promotional video. This is also the first stepping stone, nurturing a talent for the Hollywood movie capital later.
8. Keanu Reeves is also a hockey star
Although he did not have outstanding performances in high school, actor Keanu Reeves was very good at sports, especially ice hockey. In the complete squad, he takes the position of goalkeeper very well. Many people still joke that Keanu can become a professional hockey player. However, acting is still his last choice.
9. Write content for picture book “Ode to happiness” (Poem praising happiness)
Not only has great acting talent, actor Keanu Reeves also has an endless source of artistic inspiration. He is the author of the book “Ode to happiness”. This is a work covered in artistic color with the delicate, flexible lines of Alexandre Grant and the excellent lines of Keanu’s poetry.
10. Don’t own the villa
As one of Hollywood’s famous movie stars and “huge” income, actor Keanu Reeves chooses a comfortable life, without a big house, no luxury cars, no luxury brands. He prefers to stay in rented apartments or hotels rather than a permanent home, partly due to his filming schedule in many different places, even many countries around the world.
11. Refuses to take on the role in the sequel to the blockbuster “Speed”
After winning the MTV Awards for his performance in “Point Break” (1991). All eyes of the audience as well as filmmakers were on actor Keanu Reeves. After that, he was invited to play the lead role in the movie “Speed”, which achieved great success globally. He thought that the sequel “Speed 2: Cruise control” would have him take on the main role, but he turned it down because he thought he couldn’t continue.
12. Keanu is a man rich in charity
Giving without needing to receive in return, as long as others feel happy, we are also happy. He is willing to give hundreds of millions of dollars to charity. Contributing silently, without fuss, without ostentatious, the good deeds he does come from a good heart, towards people and happiness, because the love between people and people is eternal, eternal. .
13. Keanu Reeves’ poor daughter passed away at birth
In early 2000, his girlfriend JenniferMaria Syme gave birth to a baby girl, but tragically, she passed away at birth from 8 months of preterm birth. Both actors Keanu and Jennifer had to die. struggled a lot to get over that huge loss, but still couldn’t hold on to their relationship. A few weeks later, they decided to go their separate ways. The old tragedy still could not be over, then another tragedy struck, Jennifer unfortunately had a traffic accident while driving alone in Los Angeles. Since then, Keanu has been unable to start a new relationship with anyone else.
14. Keanu Reeves owns a motorcycle company
Actor Keanu Reeves has a special passion for motorcycle riding and collecting motorcycles. Since he was 22 years old, he met a girl riding a Kawasaki while filming in Germany. Then she taught him how to drive. He went home and bought one just like hers. “Playing” motorcycles is easy to get addicted to, he continues to collect many different motorcycles. So far, he has opened his own motorcycle manufacturing company.