Abandoned by his father at 3; raised with 3 different step-parents; dyslexic; had once dreamed of becoming a hockey player, badly injured and almost died in a motorcycle accident in 1988. his daughter died during childbirth; his wife later died in car crash; his sister has been fighting for her life suffering from leukemia; his best friend, River Phoenix (brother of Joaquin, with whom he played in (Beautiful and Cursed), died of overdose…
When the movie “The Lake House” was being filmed, he heard two wardrobes arguing; one was crying because she would lose her house if she didn’t pay $20,000 and that same day Keanu deposited the amount of money needed in the account and woman’s bank.
In 2010 he was found on his birthday at bakery, had bought himself a brioche with a single candle on it, and ate it right outside the bakery and offering coffee to people who stopped to talk to him.
After his success in the Matrix trilogy, the actor gave more than $50 million (yes you read that right) to the staff who fixed the costumes and special effects: the real heroes of the trilogy, as he He himself defined them. He also offered a Harley-Davidson to each of the stuntmen. A total spent of more than $75 million. For many other successful movies (Devil’s Advocate with Al Pacino and The Reserves with Gene Hackman, for example), he agreed to cut his pay 90% to allow production to hire another top-notch star to help him play his part.
In 1997, some paparazzi even discovered him spending a morning with a homeless man in Los Angeles, listening and sharing his life for a few hours.
Most stars when they do something for a charity announce it to all the media. Keanu Reeves never claimed he was doing charity simply for moral purposes and not to look better in the eyes of fans.
This man could buy anything, but everyday he gets up and chooses something that can’t be bought: humility..
Photographer : Willy Rizzo.
