last Monday he was a guest on Stephen Colbert’s show. He talked to the journalist about the latest film in which we will see him. “Good Fortune” does not yet have a trailer or a premiere date – it is the directorial debut of Aziz Ansari, known for comedy roles (“Parks and Recreations”). The production is supposedly already finished and a few lucky people had the opportunity to see fragments of it in April this year at CinemaCon in Las Vegas. On the set of the film, Reeves suffered a painful injury.
Keanu Reeves reveals what happened to his knee on the set of the movie
Ansari spoke in April about his faith in Good Fortune , which has not only cast Keanu Reeves in the project, but also Seth Rogen and Sandra Oh.
People want to come to the cinema and have a laugh. I think we’ll do it, I don’t think the genre will stop working. And then we have f****** Keanu! After 15 days of shooting, I told him to go rest, he tripped on the carpet and smashed his knee! – Ansari said at Comic Con.
Three months later, Keanu Reeves himself spoke out, telling Stephen Colbert what exactly happened behind the scenes of “Good Fortune.”
We were shooting a scene with Aziz Ansari and Steve Rogen where we were immersed in cold water. It was great, I was standing there, we finished shooting, but you know that moment when you’re cold and shivering? I wrapped myself in a towel and a robe and tried to warm up. I caught my foot on a mat on the floor and tripped, but my knee didn’t quite follow. I started falling, like in slow motion. I put my hands out, but my knee failed. My kneecap crumbled like a potato chip,” he added descriptively, then demonstrated what it looked like. “Acting in comedy is hard…
Regardless of the injury, Keanu Reeves managed to finish virtually all of the film’s footage. Overtime was needed only for the shots where the actor was supposed to be salsa dancing, Ansari said. “He said he could do it, but we told him to calm down. ‘We’ll do the salsa when you get your knee back,'” the director said in April.
Source: Gazeta
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