Uh.... Handcuffs? Hmmmmm.... This opens up a part of me that is best kept behind locked doors, lordy, lordy! I mean, I'm usually a well behaved and demure little fangirl, but HELLO?? It was Keanu himself who made us all have naughty thoughts after painting us a mental picture of himself + handcuffs + a bed!! Seriously, what was he thinking?

Linklater: "He's the kind of guy who'll call you up at 2 in the morning to dig deeper into the character."

Reeves: "Hey, I thought he'd be up at 2 in the morning."

http://www.whoaisnotme.net/articles/2006_0410_who.htm

"Helmet law of California, fuck you! Petty government bullshit -- get outta my face!"

http://www.whoaisnotme.net/articles/1991_12xx_mos.htm

"You guys all make sense while that fishy guest does not because he/she is speaking out of ignorance...with an attitude. That is always annoying."

Spoken like a true sore-ass.

How it must hurt to have the door hit the sitting parts of your anatomy on the way out. Especially when you yourself think of that part of your anatomy as your most prized possession. What with being a gigantic ass and all, I mean.

Finally, *finally!* An in-depth interview with Our Man, even if it's "just" in-depth in a motorbike sense. As a biker myself, I love me some biker Keanu. Not that I can afford to have a motorbike any more (alas, alas!), but I still consider myself a biker. Lucky Keanu, he has four of them! It's interesting that he's kept the custom bike that he got from Jesse James and Sandra. He doesn't seem to use it much any more, and I actually thought he'd got rid of it.

Wow. "Caviar" is what Guest likens him-/herself to. As if to elevate him-/herself as a fish of supreme exclusiveness, high above the lowly species of fish that we here at WINM have catalogued.

I've long been wondering what species of fish these commentators really are. Are they a general type of forever-alone-fish that swim around from one fansite to another, sharing their oh so exquisite and self-elevated opinions of a number of actors, in the hope that the silly fangirls will be impressed and awed by their eloquence? Or are they simply Masochistic Fish, hating the fact that they can't stop themselves from being Keanu fans, much to their own dismay (because they would rather think of themselves as movie connoisseurs who are above being fans of such a "limited" actor)?

Whatever species Guest belongs to, I find his/her condescending tone and patronizing demonstration of superiority to be too annoying for me to care what he/she thinks about Keanu or any other actor.

Guest, seeing as how you're such a lover of the cinematic equivalent of high art and fine literature, I suggest you relocate yourself to the fanboards of actors that you find to be deserving of your praise, and leave us silly fangirls to continue appreciating an actor that you think is way too inferior to deserve your admiration.

TL;DR - if you don't like the actor who this fansite is dedicated to, the door is that way ------>

Methinks we have had a visit from a Supersac Fish (a.k.a. Trollfish), masquerading as a Reasonable Fish. Let's just hope it doesn't spawn here.

@BlueGem, I missed that one too. :-)

One of my most common Keanu related mistakes is saying "Speed King" (old Deep Purple hit) instead of "Street Kings". :-) I usually get his character's names OK, though. That is, those who I remember at all. I must shamefacedly admit that my memory fails completely when it comes to about half of them. (blush)

...most actors are omitted for the well-written, mature, heavy-hitting roles. Those roles go to a very few, select group of actors. What many of them have in common is that most people don't bother to see their movies.

People don't want the movie equivalent of high art or fine literature. They want entertainment. And they want their regular, well-loved A-listers to play the main roles. That's why quality films from outside the USA get remade with Hollywood actors.

When Hollywood calls Jack Nicholson, it's not because they want him to play some character in a movie. They want him to play Jack Nicholson playing that character. It's the same with most name actors. Most of them are really good at playing themselves playing someone else. And that's what Hollywood wants from A-listers.

If you look at Keanu's career, he's been very versatile. Few actors have been so successful in such a wide array of movies.

What I see as a common thread, much more than super- and non-human roles, is a pattern where his characters are on a journey of self-discovery. The "hollowness" is more a case of his characters being unsure of their future; what path they should choose, or whether they should even start down any path.

Keanu gets more flak as an actor than just about anyone. It's become a standard joke: Keanu and Nicholas Cage are wooden. And Paul Walker, too. And yet -- Keanu still gets called when Hollywood wants those bums in those seats. Funny, that.

There are tons of gorgeous male-model actors in Hollywood, and most of them are waiting tables. Being good looking is not enough to get beyond C-list status at the most. Sure, some actors manage to get reasonably well known for a short while by shamelessly playing up to the tabloid media, but it doesn't last long.

Keanu has been an A-lister for ages, and heaven knows he's not doing much to attract media attention. In Hollywood, where dog eats dog and the film studio execs have an endless list of actors to choose between, Keanu continues to gets cast. That has nothing to do with looking good. That has everything to do with being the kind of actor who puts bums in seats, not just in American movie theatres but all around the world.