Did you know Halle Berry could have co-starred with Keanu Reeves many years before “John Wick Parabellum”? But when the opportunity presented itself, the actress refused!
In 2019, Halle Berry played Keanu Reeves for the first time in John Wick Parabellum, the third installment in a saga for which she had a very personal wish. But did you know that the two Hollywood stars could have worked together twenty-five years earlier?
During the promotion of John Wick Parabellum, Halle Berry has indeed revealed that she could have been the partner of Keanu Reeves in the feature film Speed by Jan de Bont. But the actress turned down the role, a choice she deeply regrets today.
“I was offered to play in Speed before Sandra Bullock. I was stupid, I said no. But in my defense, I read a version of the script where the bus didn’t leave the parking lot.”says Halle Berry laughing, as if to clear herself, at the microphone of Entertainment Tonight. “I was involved in the project before Keanu and Sandra. They offered me the parking version.”
“Reading the script, I said to myself ‘no, no, no, no, no'”continues the actress. “Afterwards, when I saw the film…” Halle Berry does not finish her sentence and silently mimics a howl of rage that leaves little room for doubt: she greatly regrets not having played in one of the most popular action films of the 90s.
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