Keanu Reeves

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q43416: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: RoboCop (1987); Burnt (2015); Chef (Fincher/Keanu Reeves version, unmade); The Night Watchman. Count them as actor (18 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Avatar (2009): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through RoboCop (1987), which they were tied to as floated for RoboCop: Avatar ⇒ RoboCop (the host's read). The robot-waking sequence is beat for beat the first act of Avatar, down to testing the new body's powers.
    “It is crazy actually how much this sequence is like beat for beat, the Avatar, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · RoboCop (2014) · 0:38:34 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Batman Begins (2005): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through RoboCop (1987), which they were tied to as floated for RoboCop: Batman Begins ⇒ RoboCop (the host's read). The remake is part of the grounded-and-serious wave that followed Nolan; the speakers say this film marks the end of it.
    “The Batman begins effect.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · RoboCop (2014) · 0:47:48 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Chef (Fincher/Keanu Reeves version, unmade): 1 line, within their own work

  1. unmapped (became) · through Burnt (2015), which they were tied to as star attached to Chef (never made): Chef (Fincher/Keanu Reeves version, unmade) ⇒ Burnt (the host's read). Fincher's unmade Chef project eventually becomes Burnt.
    “Uh, that transmutes and takes form and eventually becomes burnt.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:21:31 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Flesh and Blood (1985): 1 line

  1. career (career) · through RoboCop (1987), which they were tied to as floated for RoboCop: Flesh and Blood ⇒ RoboCop (the host's read). Flesh+Blood is the failure that led Verhoeven to Hollywood and RoboCop, where he built entertainment around his interests.
    “from this film on, he figures out how to take everything he's interested in and put it into the body of a conventionally entertaining Hollywood movie”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Flesh+Blood · 0:49:14 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

The Wizard of Oz (1939): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through RoboCop (1987), which they were tied to as floated for RoboCop: The Wizard of Oz ⇒ RoboCop (the host's read). The training-sequence song joke riffs on the Tin Man and If I Only Had a Heart.
    “If I only had a heart is what it's.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · RoboCop (2014) · 0:46:51 · Griffin Newman (0.30 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Burnt (2015): 1 line, within their own work

  1. unmapped (became) · through Chef (Fincher/Keanu Reeves version, unmade), which they were tied to as attached star (never made): Chef (Fincher/Keanu Reeves version, unmade) ⇒ Burnt (the host's read). Fincher's unmade Chef project eventually becomes Burnt.
    “Uh, that transmutes and takes form and eventually becomes burnt.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:21:31 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (22) everyone in acting

Other (5) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (3)

  1. career (career parallel): Ben Affleck → Keanu Reeves. Both ride comeback cycles every seven years.
    “Okay, he and Keanu Reeves are just these like both like either side of a coin.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 0:28:40 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career comeback): Keanu Reeves → John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. Griffin argues the film is a masterpiece of survival that mirrors Keanu's own loss and repeated comebacks.
    “it's maybe the best work of Keanu's entire career.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 1:50:14 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): John Wick → Keanu Reeves. John Wick is another post-prime peak in the same category.
    “Is it like Keanu Reeves, John Wick?”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:41:57 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (cameo): Always Be My Maybe → Keanu Reeves. Keanu wins best cameo 2 to 1 as the spirit of a cameo, though he stays too long.
    “Yes, of course it's Keanu Reeves. Like what are we talking about?”
    The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 0:27:28 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Chad Stahelski → Keanu Reeves. Stahelski was Keanu Reeves's stunt double on The Matrix.
    “Chad Zahelski, Keanu Reeves' stunt double on the Matrix”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:59:30 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Keanu Reeves → John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. Joe's nominee for best actor, defended impassionedly on an earlier episode.
    “Keanu Reeves and John Wick chapter 3, Parabellum.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:53:26 · Joe Reid (0.45 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Keanu Reeves: Asked by Colbert what happens when we die, Keanu answered that the ones who love us will miss us dearly, then went straight to a John Wick plug.
    “I know that the ones who love us will miss us.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 1:53:38 · Griffin Newman (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Keanu Reeves: Everyone who has worked with Keanu says he is the greatest guy.
    “Every story I have heard from everyone who has worked with Keanu”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Something's Gotta Give with Bobby Finger (Ad-Free) · 1:01:54 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)