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John Wick, John Constantine, Don John, and so on, interestingly, Johns have been an interesting aspect throughout Keanu Reeves’ three-decade-long career. Since the ’90s,The MatrixStar has played a character named John in a total of ten films, including theJohn Wickfranchise, which remains his most notable work after his success as Neo back in ’99.
But while John Wick is one of the most popular characters Reeves has portrayed on the silver screen, it isn’t necessarily his best John, as that title belongs to the one that kickstarted it all.
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Keanu Reeves Owes His Action Career to Johnny Utah
Released in 1991,Point BreakchangedKeanu Reeves‘ perception as an actor among general audiences, as he was priorly known for playing the stoner Ted inBill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. Playing the rookie FBI agent Johnny Utah, theConstantineStar excels in the role and even his occasional bits of overacting completely sat well with the narrative crafted by Kathryn Bigelow.
While the central plot revolves around undercover FBI agents infiltrating a bank robbery, past the surface levelPoint Breakhas got something for everyone, including bromance, high-speed heist, romance, etc. Reeves also succeeds in injecting an emotional throughline into his character, which makes up for an impactful arc. Furthermore, Reeves played the character, who is playing two characters, following the undercover cop storyline to perfection, which deservingly kickstarted his ascend in action.
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Kathryn Bigelow Stood Aside Keanu Reeves After Producers Found His Casting Off
Although Keanu Reeves garnered notable fame after the success ofBill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, he was far from being the action star who could score a kill count in triple digits onscreen. And it wasPoint Breakthat pushed his career to that route, even though the producers were skeptical about Reeves leading the action-flick. But he eventually bagged the role thanks to director Kathryn Bigelow, who stood her ground about starring Reeves in the lead.The MatrixStar shared (viaNerdist Podcast),
“For me, specifically on that, I hadn’t been in an action genre picture. So Kathryn Bigelow, as the story’s told, really had to fight to have me play that role. The studio went, ‘Keanu Reeves? Johnny Utah? Action movie?’ Kathryn went, ‘Yes.’ They were like, ‘What are you thinking?’ ‘He’s the guy.’”
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WithJohn Wick 5on the cards andConstantine 2in development, Reeves’ run as John onscreen seems far from over, and fans couldn’t be happier.
Point Breakis available to stream on Peacock.
Santanu Roy
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Santanu Roy is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 2,000 articles under his belt. He has been pursuing a degree in Animation and possesses a deep love for the medium of animation. Having spent the better part of the last two years pumping out articles for FW, Santanu excels at covering movie analysis and news surrounding Pixar, DCU, DreamWorks, and Batman’s cinematic legacy.With psychological thrillers and intimate slice-of-life dramas ranking among his favorite genres, Santanu is a big admirer of Luca Guadagnino, Shane Black, Park Chan-wook, and Brad Bird.
