Oh, dear, juliana, that's horribly sad.
Yep - Mark McKinney has admitted that Jack is based on Keanu's time in Winnipeg playing Hamlet.
I remember reading a review of that production, written by Connie Champagne and Cintra Wilson, who traveled up from San Francisco just to sit in the back row and mock Keanu, and who found that he was in fact a perfectly credible Hamlet. Not an immortal and miraculous Hamlet for the ages, but perfectly solid and presentable and unembarrassing. Their disappointment at his unexpected competency was crushing.
I had heard about the ex dying but I didn't know about the baby. Awful.
But there's my Keanu problem, see, and Tilda Swinton being so awesome, and the whole faux-epic feel of the Good-v-Evil thing and...yeah. Sometimes I am just that easy.
Me too! I quite enjoyed Constantine.
Wasn't he dating Savannah (of porn fame) when she killed herself?
edit: umm no, that was Pauly Shore.
Not an immortal and miraculous Hamlet for the ages, but perfectly solid and presentable and unembarrassing. Their disappointment at his unexpected competency was crushing.
From the reviews of that play, and from the adeptness he's shown at other comic roles, I'd love to see him attack Dogberry or Bottom or some other comedic low character. Something where the whole play's not riding on him and he can be completely uninhibited and gleeful. I think that's when he works best.
Hi, my name is juliana, and I have a Keanu problem.
No, he's cute. He's just not a Thespian.
Reeves started living out of hotels -- literally, from a bag -- for a long period after that from what I recall. It's a world of sad.
Personally, I think he can act. Really. He's a very specific type of actor, but give him the right role and he's great it. Example - the first Matrix.
He's just not a Thespian.
See, I'm blind to this because, for whatever reason, I find him too damn compelling to objectively judge his acting skills.
It's a good thing juliana and I have found each other.
I'll take people's word for it that Keanu once had the ability to speak. I'll make a point to see River's Edge and Johny Mneumonic at some point.
You might wanna replace the latter with My Own Private Idaho or Parenthood instead. When I said something positive about Keanu's performance in Johnny Mnemonic I didn't mean to imply that the movie itself was watchable.
Though it is the one time Dolph Lundgren revealed he could act instead of just growl and hit people. It's a shame there just aren't as many crazy bionic street preacher roles as there used to be.
