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AfterBill & Ted’s Excellent Adventuregave Keanu Reeves’ career the required push, the actor was adamant about challenging his skills as an actor by taking more artsy projects. This resulted in him joining forces with Francis Ford Coppola to craftBram Stoker’s Draculaand star alongside River Phoenix inMy Own Private Idaho. But it wasn’t until he worked alongside the Wachowski siblings. when he was allowed to test his acting chops to the max and stretch his range as an actor.
Considering theJohn WickStar put the directors to the test with his obsession with doing several retakes, Reeves joked his desire might’ve even broken the late Stanley Kubrick.
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Keanu Reeves Felt He’d Have Broken Stanley Kubrick With His Obsession
Known for being a perfectionist, Stanley Kubrick was famous or rather infamous for taking too many takes, with one example beingThe Shining‘s staircase scene, which reportedly took 127 takes. However, it seems Kubrick would’ve found his match if he joined forces withKeanu Reeves, as theJohn WickStar had no problem going for an absurd amount of takes to deliver perfection. Reflecting on the subject, Reeves joked he might’ve even brokenThe Shiningdirector through his obsession, stating,
“After take 400, Kubrick would’ve been, [adopts grizzled Brooklyn accent] ‘All right, cut,’” Reeves said. “And I’d be, like, ‘Stanley, can I do one more?’ ‘Whaaat?’ ‘Look, I know I’m just drinking this glass of water, but I think I can find another side to this. Let’s just do one more, OK?’ ‘Arrrgh, OK, Reeves.’ You know what? I would’ve broken Kubrick. ‘Please, sir, can I have some more?’ ‘Take 600. All you gotta do is walk across the road.’ ‘Come on, Stanley, one more!’”
But unfortunately, before the actor could’ve collaborated with the perfectionist, Kubrick sadly passed away at the age of 70, just days beforeThe Matrixhit the big screens and took the world by storm.
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Stanley Kubrick Blamed the Actors for Resolving to Absurd Amount of Takes
Reflecting on the hoopla that surroundedStanley Kubrickregarding his obsession to do several takes, the director once clarified he only did several takes when the actors weren’t good. The director blamed the actors, claiming they can be pretty undisciplined at times. He explained,
“Actors are sometimes undisciplined enough not to go home and go to sleep at night and learn their lines, and they go out. They cannot act without knowing dialogue. If you have to think about anything when you’re acting you cannot work on the emotion. It’s happened on every film. There’s really not much you can do about it.”
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It appears even if Keanu Reeves had gotten the opportunity to work alongside Stanley Kubrick, the director would not have resolved to 100s of takes, following Reeves’ commitment to the craft.
Source:The Guardian
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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.
