Do you know the meaning of the name of Keanu Reeves, currently on the poster of “John Wick: Chapter 4”? The documentary “Keanu Reeves, pop messiah”, broadcast this Friday evening on Arte, is a reminder shot!
“Kiniu?” “Kiniu”? “Kianu”? Everyone calls Keanu Reeves to his sauce, but do you know the meaning of the first name of the Canadian actor, currently on the poster of John Wick: Chapter 4? The fascinating documentary Keanu Reeves, pop messiah, broadcast on Arte this Friday evening at 10:55 p.m. and available on Arte.tv until June 21, provides the answer. And it’s quite amazing!
In this documentary which returns, with many archival images, on the career of the elusive Keanu Reeves, we learn the meaning of this famous first name through an interview with the actor granted in 1994 to David Letterman. “That’s an unusual name, which I’ve never heard before. Does it mean something in another language? Where does that name come from?”asks the host to the Hollywood star.
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“I was told it meant “Cool breeze over the mountains”then answers the young actor, in full promotion of the action film Speed. “It’s from my great-great-uncle.” And Keanu Reeves to clarify to David Letterman that this unusual first name was of Hawaiian origin.
Born in 1964 in Beirut, Keanu Reeves is the son of a British woman and an American of Hawaiian origin who met in Lebanon. If you still don’t know how to pronounce the actor’s first name correctly, you can at least shine in society by revealing what he means!
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