Beloved celebrity Keanu Reeves has officially been inducted as a member of Canada’s Walk of Fame. Reeves personally accepted the award and gave a speech reflecting on his Canadian roots, and he seemed very proud to receive the honor. The actor also was presented the award by Carrie-Anne Moss, his co-star from the Matrix franchise, who will soon be seen back on the big screen with Reeves in The Matrix Resurrections.
“I would not be here if not for where I came from,” Reeves said during his acceptance speech. “Thank you Toronto, thank you Canada. Thank you for all of the experiences, adventure, teaching, support, friendships, and for my life.”
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Though Keanu Reeves was born in Lebanon, he spent the majority of his formative years in Toronto. Attending four different high schools in the city, Reeves had initially wanted to become a pro hockey player before setting his focus onto acting. He got his career started working for the DBC on the program Going Great in the early 1980s as a correspondent, later securing a role in the sitcom Hangin’ In and moving on to movies.
After an acclaimed performance in River’s Edge, Reeves took on one of his most popular roles by co-starring in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure with Alex Winter. He’s been one of Hollywood’s most popular actors ever since, and that was exacerbated when he later portrayed Neo in The Matrix and its sequels. In recent years, Reeves has been wowing his fans with his action-packed John Wick movies.
In a matter of days, we will see Reeves back in the role of Neo once again. The actor and Carrie-Anne Moss are both returning as Neo and Trinity in The Matrix Resurrections. Directed by Lana Wachowski, the sequel also brings back Lamber Wilson and Jada Pinkett Smith with series newcomers including Jessica Henwick, Jonathan Groff, Neil Patrick Harris, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, and Christina Ricci. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II also stars as a new version of Morpheus, the character previously portrayed by Laurence Fishburne.
“I’ve never had the chance to play a role 15, 16, 17 years later and that’s some of what the film’s about. So this idea of a past, and memory, and fiction, and reality, and truth,” Reeves recently said of revisiting Neo, per Esquire.
On which pill he’d take in real life, Reeves added, “You know, reality and existence is tough enough, so it would be great to have the red pill so you could at least start from there. But you know, maybe they could have a blue pill for like a vacation, you know, like the vacation blue pill. But it still wouldn’t be as good as going on vacation on the red pill!”
Congratulations to Keanu Reeves on his induction into Canada’s Walk of Fame. Some of the other inductees for the Class of 2021 include Bret “The Hitman” Hart, Ajay Vrimani, Salome Bey, Jully Black, Bruce Cockburn, Romeo Dallaire, Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, Graham Greene, Serena Ryder, Damian Warner, and the team of Banting, Best, Macleod, and Collip.
The Matrix Resurrections will be released on Dec. 22, 2021.
