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  • Keanu Reeves Praised by Winona Ryder for Refusing to Yell Insults at Her on 'Dracula' Set

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    The ‘Destination Wedding’ actress reveals that director Francis Ford Coppola instructed her co-star as well as Richard E. Grant and Anthony Hopkins to do so to make her cry for a scene.
    Jun 24, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Keanu Reeves refused to follow Francis Ford Coppola’s direction to verbally abuse Winona Ryder to make her cry for a scene in “Dracula”.
    The actress recounted the difficult experience on set, revealing Reeves defended her to the filmmaker after he instructed “The Matrix” star, Richard E. Grant and Anthony Hopkins to shout at her for the sequence in the 1992 film.
    The 48-year-old tells The Sunday Times, Coppola shouted, “You whore!” to try to make Winona emotional and insisted the others join in.
    “To put it in context I’m supposed to be crying,” Ryder said. “Literally, Richard E. Grant, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu … Francis was trying to get all of them to yell things that would make me cry, but Keanu wouldn’t, Anthony wouldn’t. … It just didn’t work.”
    She added: “I was, like, really? It kind of did the opposite.”
    The experience was the start of a longterm friendship with Reeves and despite her difficult time on set with Coppola, she insists they are “good now.”
    Ryder and Reeves went on to appear in “A Scanner Darkly” in 2006, “The Private Lives of Pippa Lee” in 2009, and 2018’s “Destination Wedding”.
    The “Reality Bites” star revisited lighter times on the set of “Dracula” in 2018 when she shared that she and Reeves, who wed in the film, may actually be married as Coppola “used a real Romanian priest” for the scene.

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    Keanu Reeves Unintentionally Changed the Original 'John Wick' Title

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    Screenwriter Derek Kolstad reveals that the ‘The Matrix’ star failed to refer to the film properly in interviews, prompting filmmakers to make altercation to the film’s title.
    May 29, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Keanu Reeves’ struggle to nail the title of the first “John Wick” movie prompted filmmakers to change the title.
    The 2014 blockbuster revenge tale, which centers on Reeves’ titular action hero, was initially called “Scorn” but “The Matrix” star failed to refer to the film properly in interviews.
    “The only reason it’s called ‘John Wick’ is that Keanu kept referring to it as ‘John Wick’,” screenwriter Derek Kolstad told ComicBook.com. “Marketing was like, ‘Dude, that’s four to five million dollars in free advertising so far, so it’s ‘John Wick’ instead of ‘Scorn’.’ I can’t imagine it being ‘Scorn’ now.”
    The change seems to have worked out, with the film becoming a huge hit spawning three sequels, including “John Wick: Chapter 4”, which is set to be released next year (21).

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    Keanu Reeves Ditches Neo's Old Looks in First 'Matrix 4' Set Photos

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    Instead of rocking Neo’s slid-back hair and clean-shaven face, the ‘John Wick’ actor keeps his own current style as he begins shooting the new installment of the sci-fi film franchise.
    Feb 7, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Keanu Reeves is back as Neo in the first set photos of “The Matrix 4”. The actor and his co-star Carrie-Anne Moss were spotted on the set in San Fransisco on Wednesday, February 5 as filming on the new sequel has begun.
    Judging from the photos shared by Bay Area newspaper San Francisco Examiner, it appears that Reeves’ Neo will have a new look in the upcoming movie. Pictured in between scenes taken on the streets of the Chinatown section, the 55-year-old actor was seen rocking his own current style, which includes long hair and bearded face.
    This is a departure from Neo’s old looks that saw him sporting slid-back hair and clean-shaven face. He also rocked blue jeans instead of the usual all-black outfit, with Neo’s trademark black sunglasses missing.
    Moss, who reprises her role as Trinity, also appeared to have a laid-back style with a dark jacket, though she still sports short hair like her character’s in the previous three movies.

    Some Twitter users have shared their opinions about Neo’s supposed new look in the upcoming movie, with one fan writing, “Some of you don’t even lie awake at night worrying if keanu reeves is going to cut his hair for the matrix 4 and it f***ing shows.”
    Besides Reeves and Moss, Jada Pinkett Smith has been confirmed to reprise her role as Niobe, while Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is cast reportedly as a young Morpheus and Neil Patrick Harris is added to play a mystery role. Laurence Fishburne played Morpheus in the original trilogy, while Hugo Weaving is not returning as the villainous Agent Smith due to scheduling issue.
    Lana Wachowski returns as director for “The Matrix 4” and serves as producer along with Grant Hill. Plot details are still kept under wraps, but it’s reported that the plot involves time travel. The movie is set for a May 21, 2021 release in the United States.

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