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Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist

Keanu Reeves (2019)

Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist

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4.73.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Keanu Reeves has been a Hollywood powerhouse since Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure put him on the map three decades ago, going on to star in movies like The Matrix, Speed and Point Break. Through it all, Reeves has stayed grounded and kept his personal life private. In this week's "Sunday Sitdown" Willie Geist talks with the actor about his role in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum and coming full circle with the new film Bill and Ted Face the Music. (Original broadcast date: May 12, 2019)

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0:00.0

Hey guys, Willie Geist here with another episode of the Sunday Sit Down podcast.

0:04.3

My thanks for clicking and listening along today.

0:07.0

I got a good one for you, not just because he's a name you love, pull the movies you love,

0:12.0

but because he's a guy you don't hear from, I don't think.

0:15.2

In depth that often.

0:16.8

It's Keanu Reeves whose career launched 30 years ago.

0:20.2

He believed 30 years ago, Bill and Ted's excellent inventor came out in 1989, turned him

0:25.9

into a star.

0:26.9

He went from there to movies like Point Break, of course, Speed, The Monster Hit, with Sandra

0:31.4

Bullock, made $350 million.

0:33.6

I think on like a $30 million budget.

0:36.4

Also of course, the Matrix movies where he dodges bullets and slow motion as Neo.

0:40.9

And now he's here today to talk about the third installment in his John Wick movies, John

0:45.6

Wick 3, Parabellum.

0:47.9

Really enjoyed sitting down with Keanu Reeves.

0:49.7

Again, a guy I hadn't met before, a guy I don't think you see all over the place on TV.

0:55.3

And he was happy to sit down and talk about his career.

0:58.4

You'll hear as we dren toward some personal stuff, not his favorite subject area, not

1:04.6

talking about celebrity stuff and TMZ stuff, but just even asking about his reputation as

1:10.1

a super generous guy.

1:12.2

There are these legendary Hollywood stories of him renegotiating his Matrix deal so the

1:16.5

crew could get more money, less for him.

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