Lots of people, in the event that they met Keanu Reeves in individual, would in all probability have some quantity of issue really speaking to him. He’s the web’s boyfriend, in any case. He’s change into a virtually mythic determine in Hollywood. Ana de Armas is a reasonably large star herself, however there was a time when she wasn’t, and she or he apparently embarrassed herself in entrance of the actor once they first met.
Keanu Reeves and Ana de Armas will share the display later this yr when the John Wick spinoff Ballerina arrives in theaters, however it is going to really be the second time the 2 have been in a film collectively. Ten years in the past, they co-starred within the thriller Knock Knock. On stage receiving the CinemaCon award for Motion Star of the Yr (through THR), de Armas revealed that she was afraid to talk to Keanu once they had dinner collectively as a result of her English wasn’t excellent. She mentioned…
I met him after I barely spoke English after I moved to L.A. 10 years in the past. I met Keanu for the primary time in Santiago de Chile at lunch with the filmmakers of Knock Knock, our first film collectively. We have been sitting throughout from one another on the desk, and I used to be actually nervous as you might be whenever you’re in entrance of Keanu Reeves. I couldn’t speak to him a lot as a result of I used to be so self-conscious about my English and I used to be actually struggling and actually making an attempt laborious to observe the dialog.
De Armas could have been making an attempt to keep away from embrassassing herself with what she felt have been her poor English expertise, however it appears she didn’t keep away from that. The subject of Reeves’ largest film thus far, The Matrix, got here up, and the star requested de Armas if she had seen the movie.
Sadly, she didn’t fairly perceive the query. She continued…
He checked out me and requested me if I had seen it. And I used to be like, ‘The Matrix? No.’ Everybody on the desk was shocked, so somebody got here to me and informed me in Spanish. ‘You haven’t seen La Matrix? I used to be, like, oh La Matrix. Yeah, I’ve seen that one. That can by no means not be embarrassing.
Issues have come a great distance. Reeves additionally mentioned John Wick on the dinner, a film that he had simply accomplished. No one might have guessed that John Wick would change into a franchise and that it will spawn spinoffs that will deliver the 2 actors again collectively.
Keanu Reeves will reprise his position as John Wick in Ballerina. It is also been confirmed that John Wick 5 is in improvement. Maybe Ana de Armas will return the favor and seem in that one.
Ana de Armas is likely to be a bit embarrassed by the story, however apparently not sufficient to keep away from telling it in entrance of lots of Hollywood elites and media. Truthfully, it’s a fairly endearing story, as most of us would in all probability embarrass ourselves in entrance of Keanu Reeves. Plus, at present, Ana de Armas is a significant star in her personal proper, any individual lots of people would in all probability be too nervous to speak to if that they had the possibility.