Keanu Reeves

[wiffleball]

I swear, the more I know about him, the more impressed I am. Solid Human.

abandoned by his father at 3 years old and grew up with 3 different stepfathers. He is dyslexic. His dream of becoming a hockey player was shattered by a serious accident. His daughter died at birth. His wife died in a car accident. His best friend, River Phoenix, died of an overdose. His sister battled leukemia.

No bodyguards, no luxury houses. Keanu lives in an ordinary apartment and likes wandering around town and often seen riding a subway in NYC.

When he was filming the movie "The Lake House," he overheard the conversation of two costume assistants, one crying as he would lose his house if he did not pay $20,000 - On the same day, Keanu deposited the necessary amount in his bank account. In his career, he has donated large sums to hospitals including $75 million of his earnings from “The Matrix” to charities.

In 2010, on his birthday, Keanu walked into a bakery & bought a brioche with a single candle, ate it in front of the bakery, and offered coffee to people who stopped to talk to him.

In 1997 some paparazzi found him walking one morning in the company of a homeless man in Los Angeles, listening to him and sharing his life for a few hours.

In life, sometimes the ones most broken from inside are the ones most willing to help others.

This man could buy everything, and instead every day he gets up and chooses one thing that cannot be bought: To be a caring person.

[frank]

Excellent!

[weepaws]

It would be wise not to be associated with him, everyone around him dies young. 

[Strike]

Have read great things about him and never anything negative.  Seems like a truly good person.

[MLCKAA]

And someone killed his puppy!!

[EternalShinyAndChrome]

11 hours ago, wiffleball said:

I swear, the more I know about him, the more impressed I am. Solid Human.

abandoned by his father at 3 years old and grew up with 3 different stepfathers. He is dyslexic. His dream of becoming a hockey player was shattered by a serious accident. His daughter died at birth. His wife died in a car accident. His best friend, River Phoenix, died of an overdose. His sister battled leukemia.

No bodyguards, no luxury houses. Keanu lives in an ordinary apartment and likes wandering around town and often seen riding a subway in NYC.

When he was filming the movie "The Lake House," he overheard the conversation of two costume assistants, one crying as he would lose his house if he did not pay $20,000 - On the same day, Keanu deposited the necessary amount in his bank account. In his career, he has donated large sums to hospitals including $75 million of his earnings from “The Matrix” to charities.

In 2010, on his birthday, Keanu walked into a bakery & bought a brioche with a single candle, ate it in front of the bakery, and offered coffee to people who stopped to talk to him.

In 1997 some paparazzi found him walking one morning in the company of a homeless man in Los Angeles, listening to him and sharing his life for a few hours.

In life, sometimes the ones most broken from inside are the ones most willing to help others.

This man could buy everything, and instead every day he gets up and chooses one thing that cannot be bought: To be a caring person.

he does have a certain set of skills that....wait....nevermind.

[thegeneral]

Everyone seems to agree he’s a great dude. Many stories of him being very cool to the crew, doesn’t roll with agents and crews to interviews, just acts like a normal guy who happens to be a huge movie star.

 

[MTSkiBum]

[Engorgeous George]

This all may be but what I know for certain is he has never been nice to me, not once.

[wiffleball]

1 hour ago, Engorgeous George said:

This all may be but what I know for certain is he has never been nice to me, not once.

Shouldn't have kilt his pupper!

[IGotWorms]

I have a funny Keanu Reeves story. There was a guy getting a ton of attention in the waiting area for a plane that we caught a connection on through LAX. Everyone was obviously watching him but trying to act cool. I had been sorta oblivious but my fiancée (who doesn’t much follow movies or celebrities) told me “that guy over there looks exactly like Keanu Reeves.”

So I looked and sure enough, everybody was atwitter over this guy. I knew it wasn’t Keanu Reeves but he did kinda look like him but also very obviously familiar as someone else. Turns out it was Mads Mikkelsen, who I wouldn’t have thought actually looks a lot like Keanu Reeves in person. It was mostly the hair.

Anyway, ratsass, I know

[naomi]

He's endearing, particularly his shyness (not the focus in this), but this is charming.

 

[jerryskids]

2 hours ago, Engorgeous George said:

This all may be but what I know for certain is he has never been nice to me, not once.

Not in the matrix you live in, anyway.

[jerryskids]

Article about how he keeps his hands off women in photos:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/people-have-noticed-that-keanu-reeves-respectfully-does-not-touch-women-in-photos/

[Nomad99]

13 hours ago, weepaws said:

It would be wise not to be associated with him, everyone around him dies young. 

When the Bible thumping Forest Gump has the opportunity to say something his creator would endorse.......this is what we get. Charlatan.

[wiffleball]

1 hour ago, naomi said:

He's endearing, particularly his shyness (not the focus in this), but this is charming.

 

Sounds like Speed Three is a go.