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Jet Li wasn't in the running for the role of Neo.

effingwewt 5y ago
Yea he was up for Seraph. The actor who ended up playing him was spectacular though. I love Keanu Reeves as much as the next person byt there's a reason he's described as 'wooden' in his acting. Until John Wick I honestly would have bet money he couldn't act with real emotions. I remember there being a word for it when an actor just lools like they always do but due to music score and your own expectations you assume they are acting how you would expect. I think Keanu has mastered that =)
- Nevermark 5y ago
  The word for it when “acting” that way in real life is stoic. If there is a term for a continual poker face in the theatre arts I would be interested to know it!
- imbnwa 5y ago
  > Until John Wick I honestly would have bet money he couldn't act with real emotions. You haven't lived until you've seen Keanu take a shot at Shakespeare in Much Ado About Nothing
  - dogorman 5y ago
    For me, it's Dracula.
    - effingwewt 5y ago
      I re-watched Dracula recently on Tubi, it was wonderfully bad. I remembered it being scary when I was a kid. I've yet to see Much Ado About Nothing, will check it out though.
    - imbnwa 5y ago
      Forgot all about that movie
    - not1ofU 5y ago
      Constantine
- akhleung 5y ago
  You might be thinking of the Kuleshov effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuleshov_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuleshov_effect
  - effingwewt 5y ago
    That was it! Thank you! I also remembered where I heard it since you gave me the name, it was from a Key and Peele episode and I believe they were actually talking about Keanu! It was during one of the live audience scenes, still looking for it. Found it! Key and Peele Season 2 Episode 7, but it was Ryan Gosling they were talking about. Thanks again!
- naasking 5y ago
  > Until John Wick I honestly would have bet money he couldn't act with real emotions. Clearly you missed his earliest masterpiece called "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure". Whoever says Keanu can't act hasn't done their research!

Yea he was up for Seraph. The actor who ended up playing him was spectacular though. I love Keanu Reeves as much as the next person byt there's a reason he's described as 'wooden' in his acting. Until John Wick I honestly would have bet money he couldn't act with real emotions. I remember there being a word for it when an actor just lools like they always do but due to music score and your own expectations you assume they are acting how you would expect. I think Keanu has mastered that =)

Nevermark 5y ago
The word for it when “acting” that way in real life is stoic. If there is a term for a continual poker face in the theatre arts I would be interested to know it!
imbnwa 5y ago
> Until John Wick I honestly would have bet money he couldn't act with real emotions. You haven't lived until you've seen Keanu take a shot at Shakespeare in Much Ado About Nothing
- dogorman 5y ago
  For me, it's Dracula.
  - effingwewt 5y ago
    I re-watched Dracula recently on Tubi, it was wonderfully bad. I remembered it being scary when I was a kid. I've yet to see Much Ado About Nothing, will check it out though.
  - imbnwa 5y ago
    Forgot all about that movie
  - not1ofU 5y ago
    Constantine
akhleung 5y ago
You might be thinking of the Kuleshov effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuleshov_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuleshov_effect
- effingwewt 5y ago
  That was it! Thank you! I also remembered where I heard it since you gave me the name, it was from a Key and Peele episode and I believe they were actually talking about Keanu! It was during one of the live audience scenes, still looking for it. Found it! Key and Peele Season 2 Episode 7, but it was Ryan Gosling they were talking about. Thanks again!
naasking 5y ago
> Until John Wick I honestly would have bet money he couldn't act with real emotions. Clearly you missed his earliest masterpiece called "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure". Whoever says Keanu can't act hasn't done their research!