Recently, 55-year-old Keanu Reeves (Keanu Reeves) and 46-year-old girlfriend Alexandra Grant attended the film festival red carpet, causing a sensation.
Although the two did not make public, they are still the focus of the audience, because this is the first public appearance of with his partner since his 35 career.
You must remember Keanu Reeves.
He is a cool hacker Neo in "The Matrix" wearing a black super and blocking bullets with his bare hands.
is a small fresh-meat police officer who is not afraid of danger in "Life and Death".
If it were not for the underdevelopment of the Internet, how many girls would shout "I can" on Weibo?
But once, on the Internet, he, like Xiao Lizi, became a member of the inventory of "prosperous beauty when he was young, but brutality in the middle age". He is also indispensable in the list of male celebrities
"poor and ruined". A pair of shoes is worn out and tied with tape a few times.
Some media have compared his clothes for more than ten years and found that he may only wear one set of clothes for going out.
walking down the street don’t have to worry about paparazzi at all, because no one can recognize the beautiful man in the play in reality.
Left: Stills from The Matrix; Right: Photo
eating pizza on the side of the road. But this is him, defined by GQ as " immortal ", and CNN described him as " national treasure ".
"Keanu Reeves Is Too Good for This World" "The New Yorker" used this headline in the Keanu Reeves character report written this year. The domestic media translated this sentence into "This world, with Not on Keanu Reeves" .
Why does he have such a high praise? Let us go back to his story from the beginning.
Keanu Reeves was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and even the starting point is not as good as the average family.
In 1964, he was born in Lebanon, the Middle East. His biological father was arrested for drug trafficking when he was a child, and his mother worked as a singer and dancer to make a living.
Therefore, he has been displaced since childhood. Lebanon, Australia, New York, and then to Toronto, his mother took him and his sister to and fro, and moved five times during his life in New York until he met his third stepfather, he The lonely childhood life is just over.
Keanu Reeves and his mother
were 16 years old when he entered the show business by shooting Coca-Cola commercials.
At the age of 20, he drove a car from Toronto and spent a few months to reach Hollywood.
Fortunately, as the male protagonist’s first work "The Edge of the River", he won a good box office. Later, he played a very happy role in "Abi Adi’s Adventure", which is still today. Fragments in the play are also talked about. The rebellious and handsome image of
also made him a generation of Teen Idol. The US media called him "the hottest young actor on the screen today", with a promising future.
In 1991, he was 27 years old. From this period of interviews, he can already feel his sense of crisis: starring in a youth drama is not a long-term solution and should be transformed.
is at this moment, the opportunity comes.
Director Catherine Bigelow found him to star in the action film "Breaking Point", which changed the stereotyped image of the tough guy in the previous action movies, shaped the process from boy to man, and once again triggered the trend of the times.
Just when people thought he would go down this road, the movie "My Own Idaho" starring in him was released. This movie was adapted from Shakespeare's play, a proper literary film.
is a commercial action film star on the one hand, and an independent literary film male god on the other. The 27-year-old Keanu Reeves has "two blossoms".
was originally a story of a headwind, but at the beginning of his career, some important people in Keanu Reeves' life began to leave him.
's appearance in "My Own Idaho" gave him a sincere friendship-the same starring Revan Phoenix, this movie also made Revan the first and last Venetian actor in his life.
Because in 1993, the 23-year-old genius suddenly died of drug overdose. The medical examination report showed that the drug content in his body was 8 times the lethal amount.
Stills of "My Own Idaho"
When the tragedy happened, Keanu was filming "Speed of Life and Death". He seemed to have no emotional breakdown, and the filming continued as usual.
But at a movie promotion conference in 1994, the reporter asked him what he thought of Rui Fan's death. He tiredly and calmly said: "What else can I say, I miss him." After all, he avoided The camera looked at the floor and choked for a long time.
was also affected by this incident. Keanu grew up overnight, his public image was completely changed, he retired from the life of a party boy and moved on with his friend’s dream of a Hollywood superstar.
1994 was a crucial year in his life. His "Life and Death Hour" was released. This film was also the first batch of Hollywood blockbusters introduced by China, not only in China and the United States, but also in the world. Reeves frenzy. The action movie
didn't have any computer special effects. It was shot in real life. At the time, 30-year-old Keanu was full of blood and heroic spirit. Some fans described it as "the god is between Keanu's eyebrows".
In 1999, Keanu Reeves starred in the work that made him famous in history-The Matrix. This series of films of
is not only a milestone in film history, but also the Mount Everest that sci-fi movies cannot avoid. Keanu’s cool sunglasses, windbreaker and agile skills in the film make hundreds of millions of viewers crazy.
With the "The Matrix" trilogy, Keanu stood firmly on the top of the Hollywood pyramid and became a well-deserved superstar.
Just when he reached the peak of his career, fate hit him again.
At that time, his girlfriend Jennifer Syme was pregnant, and Keanu was planning to buy a real estate to settle down. They also named their unborn daughter. Everything looked happy.
However, the baby was found to have a stillbirth abortion when he was 8 months old. At that time, some insiders broke the news that Jennifer took drugs and Keanu Reeves did not respond to this.
Regardless of the truth, their love deteriorated because of this accident and eventually broke up. Jennifer seems to be suffering from depression because of self-blame.
is even more embarrassing. Two years later, while taking antidepressants, Jennifer died in a car accident due to mental disarray. At the time, Keanu Reeves was filming on the crew, and he resisted his grief to attend Jennifer’s funeral. Although she was no longer his girlfriend, he still carried her coffin like a relative.
In 2005, Keanu Reeves rarely talked about this past in an interview. He said, "I am still thinking, if Jennifer and the child are not dead, what will we be doing now? I really miss the beauty when we were together, but it will never be possible."
's fate did not pity him. In the same year, his sister was diagnosed with leukemia . The doctor said that the sister's situation was very unoptimistic and worried. Keanu even wanted to give up his prosperous acting career.
, however, costs money for medical treatment. In order to treat his younger sister, he used filming pay to send her to the best hospital. While working hard, he accompanied her. Under his careful care, his younger sister's condition gradually improved.
Keanu Reeves and his sister
were also angry at injustice, saying in an interview:
"Unfortunate things are always endless. Others thought I would forget my sadness and gradually get better, but it is not the case. Your beloved relatives and friends leave you away, and you suddenly become alone. I often miss the life of myself and them. Those past events will always be in my heart. Sometimes I want to curse when I am anxious, because God is too unfair to me. "
Indeed, destiny gave Keanu Reeves beauty and fame, but it made too many cruel jokes on him.
confidants, lovers, unborn children have passed away one after another, and dependent relatives suffer from illnesses, these things bring grief, no amount of money and reputation can make up for . It is not incomprehensible that many people will choose to sink and abandon themselves after experiencing this kind of suffering, including avoiding drugs or other means of self-destruction. But Keanu chose another path. Some time ago, Because the new play was released, he came out to make publicity. When the host asked: "What do you think will happen to this world after we die?", his answer was: " I am convinced that those who love us will Miss us ".
Fate brings him sadness, and what he reads from sadness is love.
is different from someone who has never experienced hardships and is fascinated by vanity and impetuousness. For him, the impermanence of life means that every moment and everyone he meets is precious.
People who have seen Keanu Reeves on the bus, subway, and road all said that although he is dressed casually or even sloppy, he is very considerate and understanding.
said in an interview: "Money is the thing I don't care about the least. My current wealth is enough for me to live for centuries. It is better to give this money to people who need it more." When
signed the "Devil's Advocate", In order for the crew to have a fee to invite Al Pacino to join, he took the initiative to cut the pay.
"The Matrix" became so popular all over the world that Keanu received about 100 million U.S. dollars in dividends. He donated 70% of the dividend to the hospital for treating leukemia, and the other 75 million U.S. dollars was evenly distributed to the staff behind the scenes.
He also gave each of his 12 substitutes a Harley motorcycle, "We are all working hard, but my pay is much higher than them. Therefore, the locomotive is just a kind of gratitude."
It is not a show. In life, he will also donate money to homeless people on the roadside.
once, because sharing a bottle of wine with a homeless man on his birthday, and even lying on the ground, many people felt that Keanu's head was broken.
But looking at it from another angle, never thinks that he, a big star, is any different from these marginalized people abandoned by society.
There is a word in Japanese tea ceremony culture, called "one period, one meeting", which means that a person may only meet the person in front of him once in his life, so he must treat each other in the best way.
and Keanu Reeves did exactly that.
has countless ordinary netizens on social media about their encounters with him in life and the good impressions he left.
Someone said that he was on the same plane as Keanu, but the plane had to make an emergency landing in another city because of a malfunction. The passengers had to take a bus from there to the destination.
Keanu took the initiative to take the role of communication among passengers and crew, helping to arrange the vehicles, and then chatting with everyone in the car on the outbound journey.
Octavia Spencer, who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, also told the story of her and Keanu. At that time, she was not well-known and went to an audition one day, but the car broke down halfway. She hasn't been washed for a long time, she is very dirty, and she is dressed in tattered clothes, and no one wants to stop and help. It was Keanu Reeves who passed by on a motorcycle who came to help her push the car.
Another person recalled the story of meeting Keanu in a movie theater:
"In 2001, I was working in a Sydney movie theater and met Keanu Reeves to buy tickets. I was 16 years old and I told him I could Give him a staff discount so that he needs to sign for confirmation, and I can get his signature. But he refused, saying that he doesn't work here. So I panicked and gave him a normal ticket, secretly annoyed.
two minutes later He came back and handed me a receipt with his signature on the back. It was said, “I just realized you might want my signature, so I signed it here.” He threw the ice cream cone in his hand. In the trash can, and then went to the movies.
I realized later that he might not want to eat ice cream at all, he just wanted to find a piece of paper and give the signature to this 16-year-old idiot."
These are countless. The little things made people see his beautiful soul after hardships.
made his public appearance on the red carpet this time with his female partner. The media reported with "girlfriends", and the voices on the Internet were also happy and blessed.
Even though Alexandra Grant is not the Hollywood version of the "star standard female companion", she is not young, nor is she a model or an actor, but maybe only she can talk to Keanu Reeves on a spiritual level and comfort him The soul of Baikong.
as early as 2009The two met at a dinner party in 2011, and then collaborated on a picture book poem collection "Ode to Happiness" in 2011. He was responsible for writing and she was responsible for illustrations.
In 2016, the two collaborated again to create "Shadow". The spiritual resonance of these two collaborations aroused the attention of various media and took a group photo for them.
"W Magazine"
"Vogue"
has worked together for many times to bring the two closer and closer. In an interview, Grant said: "Some people are dreamers who have many ideas but are unwilling to act, but both Keanu and I They are the kind of people who like to put ideas into practice." After
, the two "appeared in the same frame" more and more times. Watching art exhibitions together, attending events together, watching big shows together, and eating out together... During the days when
and Alexandra were together, Keanu smiled more and more.
He no longer needs to be a wandering poet who walks alone. Now there are people behind him who can hug and talk.
For a person who works hard to live, happiness may be late, but it will never be absent. The fate of is different for everyone, and in many cases it is not fair. From illnesses and accidents to family conditions, growth resources, looks and talents, these are not optional. But just like Keanu, we can still decide what kind of person we want to be and how we want to see and build the world. Finally, never forget the words Ms. Chanel said: "Life has never pleased me, so I created my own life." I also want to be such a person.
What about you?
