Keanu Reeves Fractured His Kneecap After He ...

Aziz Ansarihas finally solved the mystery behind Keanu Reeves' need for crutches in late January

Published Time: 11.04.2024 - 07:31:08 Modified Time: 11.04.2024 - 07:31:08

Aziz Ansarihas finally solved the mystery behind Keanu Reeves' need for crutches in late January.

While speaking at CinemaCon 2024 in Las Vegas on Wednesday, April 10, Ansari, 41, revealed that his fellow actor, 59, fractured his kneecap in his trailer on the set of Good Fortune.

"About, I don't know, 15 days into shooting with me, I was like, 'Hey, just go chill in your dressing room for 15 minutes.' And he tripped on a rug. He's like, 'Aah, my knee,' " Ansari said.

Reeves and Ansari, who also wrote and directed the upcoming film, star alongside Seth Rogen and Keke Palmer.

The multi-hyphenate said that Reeves was "such a trooper" following the injury, noting that "he still filmed everything except some scenes where he needed him to do salsa dancing, which we need to pick up."

"He was like, 'I'll do it!' We're like, 'Keanu, calm down. We'll do the salsa dancing once your knee's healed,' " said Ansari.

He noted that Reeves has done extreme stunts without ever needing "to go to the hospital or anything."

"He's done those Wick movies, all the Matrix stuff. In Speed, he actually did attempt to do the jump from the car to the bus. It wasn't the take they used, but he did do it," A -

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nsari said.

When the project was first announced in April 2023, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Chair Joe Drake said in astatement to Deadline that they "moved quickly to land this project once it was available.”

"We have indeed found good fortune with this film," said Drake. "We love the script and believe strongly in Aziz as both a performer and a director. And when you add in Seth and Keanu – two incredible world-class talents — toplining alongside Aziz, this has the potential to be a very special film for us."

Reeves will show off a different set of skills with the release of his upcoming novel The Book of Elsewhere, inspired by his BRZRKR comic book series.

"The series tells the story of an immortal warrior's fight through the ages, and I love the world ofBRZRKRso much that I wanted to explore it further, and I thought one of the best ways to do that is through a novel," said Reeves in a January conversation with Good Morning America.

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The novel was written in collaboration with authorChina Miévilleand is set to be published in July.