Keanu Reeves has entered negotiations to reprise his role as the hitman John Wick in Ballerina, a new spin-off to his hit action franchise for Lionsgate, Deadline can confirm.
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Making amends. Matthew Perry issued an apology to Keanu Reeves shortly after facing backlash for comments in his upcoming memoir, Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing.
“I’m actually a big fan of Keanu. I just chose a random name, my mistake. I apologize. I should have used my own name instead,” Perry, 53, said in a statement to People on Wednesday, October 26.
The Friends alum’s response comes after excerpts from his book about Reeves, 58, became a topic of conversation on social media. Fans questioned if Perry was throwing shade at The Matrix star when he discussed the death of their mutual friend River Phoenix.
“River was a beautiful man inside and out — too beautiful for this world, it turned out. It always seems to be the really talented guys who go down. Why is it that the original thinkers like River Phoenix and Heath Ledger die, but Keanu Reeves still walks among us?” the Massachusetts alum wrote.
In another section, Perry took aim at Reeves again while addressing Chris Farley’s December 1997 death. “I punched a hole through Jennifer Aniston’s dressing room wall when I found out [about Farley’s death],” he added, before noting, “Keanu Reeves walks among us.”
Earlier this year, the Mr. Sunshine alum revealed plans to detail his past struggles with addiction in a memoir. “So much has been written about me in the past. I thought it was time people heard from me. The highs were high, the lows were low. But I have lived to tell the tale, even though at times it looked like I wouldn’t,” he tweeted in February. “And it’s all in here.”
Perry then joked: “I apologize it’s not a pop up book.”
According to previously released excerpts, Perry opened up about how he began drinking at age 14 and eventually started using
Keanu Reeves has entered negotiations to reprise his role as the hitman John Wick in Ballerina, a new spin-off to his hit action franchise for Lionsgate, Deadline can confirm.
Keanu Reeves is said to feel Matthew Perry’s jibes at him “came out of left field”. The ‘Point Break’ actor, 58, reportedly responded to the ‘Friends’ actor’s jokes about him in his new autobiography ‘Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing’, according to US Magazine. Matthew caused outrage among Keanu’s fans after he wrote in his book: “Why is it that the original thinkers like River Phoenix and Heath Ledger die, but Keanu Reeves still walks among us?” US Magazine said an insider told them: “Keanu thought the comments came out of left field.
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