[Keanu Reeves] Lifetime, childhood, slump and heyday, hobbies, and thoughts
[Keanu Reeves] Lifetime, childhood, slump and heyday, hobbies, and thoughts
Keanu Reeves. Currently, he owns a whopping 424 billion won. Assuming that he spends 100 million a month, it is a huge amount of money that will be enough to spend 350 years. Why is he sticking to a lifestyle that is incomprehensible to ordinary people's common sense? He owns a whopping 400 billion won and lives on the street like a homeless person. What was his youth like?
1. Keanu Reeves Childhood
Although he is a rich man with a fortune of several hundred billion now, the life of Keanu Reeves as a young man was a series of misfortunes. He was born to costume designer Patricia Taylor and geologist Samuel Reeves. But when he was only three, his father, Samuel, abandoned his children and wife and left the house. Keanu was born and raised in Lebanon, but his family circumstances forced him to travel around the world, including Hawaii, Australia and Canada. Transferred if he was able to adapt, and transferred if he was able to adapt ... As this situation was repeated over and over again, his academic achievement was the worst. Eventually, he was diagnosed with dyslexia and dropped out of his school. After that, at the age of 17, Keanu set out to find something that suited him outside of his studies, and in his twenties, he snooped around the movie board and appeared in several movies. At that time, he made a friend called River Phoenix, who was the best young star of his time to the point of enjoying the reputation of being the second James Dean. Keanu Reeves, who also appeared in movies, made great friends, and started a completely different life than before. Then one day, unfortunately, River Phoenix dies. The cause is a drug overdose. For Keanu, who was disappointed with the death of his best friend, this was only the beginning of a tragedy. Later, he met actress Jennifer Resign, got married and had a child, but unfortunately the baby was a miscarriage without seeing the light of the world. Due to this incident, Keanu also broke up with Jennifer, but the reason for the divorce was because Jennifer kept thinking of a dead child when she was with her husband. Jennifer dies in a car accident after divorce. He loved her, but for Keanu, who had no choice but to break up with her, the news was like her brilliance.
One fortunate thing is that, even in the midst of difficult life, it is a succession of successes in work. His recognition as an actor, as well as his fortune, increased exponentially. Nevertheless, he maintained an unconventional attitude and continued a homeless life. Of course, he didn't get to sleep and eat on the street every day. He also spent time in hotels or rental houses. This was to avoid exposing his private life. He didn't actually own a house at all. It is said that the view overlooking Hollywood Hill from his mansion currently located in LA is the best.
2. After <The Matrix>, there was a period of stagnation for a while
After filming <The Matrix>, she appeared in decent works such as <Constantine> and completed a character full of character with a new tendency. <Lake House>, which is a remake of the Korean film <October Love>, received a weak response, while the ambitiously prepared <Street King> and <The Day the Earth Stood Still> were only successful at the box office, but received critical acclaim for their completeness. <47 Ronin>, which appeared in 2013, left disastrous results. Initially, only more than $100 million was invested in the production, but when the finished film received huge reviews from internal previews, the studio skitted the production with an additional $100 million. The film, which was completed after two years of work, as a practical re-shooting, was disastrous. In the end, 47 Ronin's total revenue, including overseas revenue, was only $138 million. It was a huge loss to the career of Keanu Reeves.
3. Director, Producer
He has a history of producing and directing films. His first striking directing feature is Man of Taichi, which was released in 2013. After working on <The Matrix>, he became interested in oriental martial arts and tried to direct a martial arts film based on Tai Chi. The production cost, which was raised with support from the Chinese government, was 25 million dollars, and the main character was Tiger Chen, an action actor who worked together in <The Matrix 2>. It received favorable reviews for containing the symbolism and justice of Tai Chi, but it failed at the box office.
Although he has made several films, the one that stood out the most was a documentary about the production of a film called <Side by Side>, which worked with great directors in the film industry, including James Cameron, George Lucas, David Fincher, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, and Martin Scorsese. We interviewed film professionals in the field and included their opinions. It was a meaningful work that Keanu Reeves produced and narrated.
4. Entering the second heyday with the <John Wick> series
Keanu Reeves, after experiencing failure in his acting roles for a while, is resurrected as a box office star in the first film of the 2014 killer action movie <John Wick>. In fact, it was the birth of another life character following Neo in The Matrix. It was co-directed by stunt coordinators David Leitch and Chad Stahelski, who worked together on <The Matrix>.
Due to the success of five times the production cost, the production company Lions Gate immediately began to produce a sequel, and <John Wick: Reload> will be released in 2017. As director David Leitch joined to direct <Deadpool 2>, it was produced exclusively by director Chad Stahelski, who was the director of the first film. In general, it is rare for the sequel to get better reviews than the first, but with this movie, it was praised as an all-time action movie and the box office was more successful than the previous work, so it was possible to try to renew the legend once again.
In May 2019, <John Wick 3: Parabellum> was released and achieved the highest box office success in the history of the series. In particular, this third film even managed to reach the top spot at the box office in North America by pushing out Marvel's Avengers: Endgame in the fourth week of its release. As it surpassed $100 million at the box office in the United States within two weeks of its release, Lions Gate immediately approved the production of four films. Production has begun with the aim of a release in 2021. In addition, the <John Wick> universe is being planned, and works about ballerina killers and spin-off series set in the Continental Hotel, where the killers stayed, will be planned one after another.
5. 2019 is the era of 'Keanussance'! Appearing in Marvel
In 2019, Keanu is active in various fields to the extent that it is said that we are living in the era of the Keanussance. Following the success of <John Wick 3: Parabellum>, another blockbuster Disney blockbuster <Toy Story 4> surprised everyone with the voice acting of Duke Kaboom, the licorice character. Here, he appeared as Keanu Reeves himself in the Netflix original movie <Maybe Between Us> and got a good response for his comic acting.
In addition, he recently appeared as a special guest at E3, the world's largest game festival, and directly introduced the upcoming game 'Cyberpunk 2077', and announced that he would appear as a character called 'Johnny Silverhand' in the game.
Recently, Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige revealed that Reeves had been offered several Marvel movies for him, making his appearance almost certain. It is speculated that there will be an announcement of the Marvel Phase 4 lineup at this year's San Diego Comic-Con event, and a work in which Keanu Reeves will appear is also expected.
6. Bike enthusiast
His special hobbies are collecting cars and biking. He is also known for having a huge collection of cars worth billions of dollars. He is usually frugal enough to use the bus or subway, but in his spare time, he says he enjoys driving in luxury cars. It is an anecdote that shows how much he loves and enjoys riding bikes, and the film production company is demanding that he never rides a bike during the filming period. He didn't even own several bikes, so he launched a brand called 'Arch Motorcycle' with bike expert Guard Hollinger.
7. Mindfulness
In fact, Keanu Reeves is more famous for his spending on others than himself. Buying a house for her single mother is basic, and she spares no expense for the movie she appears in. Among them, the story of how he cut his appearance fee is the most famous, but in fact, it can be said that this part is closer to spending money than spending money. For example, in 1997, when he learned that it was difficult to co-star with Al Pacino due to a lack of budget in 'Devil's Advertisement' in which he appeared, he immediately decided to cut his own fee. This happened one more time after that, and in 2000's 'Replacement', I got to work with the actor Gene Hackman by reducing the fee myself.
He is famous for boasting a scale beyond imagination, even the gifts he gave to film staff. When he was filming for the movie and The Matrix, he gave all the stunt staff a Harley-Davidson as a gift, and even gave cash to the costume team and the special effects team. His climax was in the 2nd and 3rd episodes of the Matrix series, but he said he gave up the fee itself for the movie. The reason was to encourage more investment in costumes and special effects. His big flex isn't just limited to the film-related sector. He also boasts an extraordinary scale in donation. Perhaps because of his older sister's experience with leukemia, he donated 70% of the money he earned through the matrix to a leukemia hospital. doing good deeds.