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In addition to being an

accomplished actor, Keanu

Reeves is also a good person.

Over the past year, tales of his

kindness and generosity have

taken over the internet. While

it’d be next to impossible to

compile all of the times Reeves

has warmed hearts with his

kind gestures, some moments

have stuck out more than oth-

ers and solidified Reeves’ repu-

tation as the internet’s favorite

boyfriend.

stories about his Everyman

quality abounded long before

this recent spate of publicity.

In 2014, the actress Octavia

Spencer told the talk show

host Meredith Vieira that Mr.

Reeves had helped push her

car when it had broken down

on a Los Angeles street. That

same year, he returned a lost

credit card to a guest at a wrap

party. Nearly a decade ago, he

was filmed giving up his seat

on the subway to a woman

carrying a heavy bag. And last

August, he posed for a pho-

tograph with a couple before

their wedding at the Dream Inn

in Santa Cruz, Calif.

The journalist Laura M. Hol-

son for The New York Times

reveals her interaction with

Keanu Reeves: I, like many

others, have witnessed his

graciousness. It was 2003 and I

was attending the “Matrix Rev-

olutions” premiere party at the

Walt Disney Concert Hall in

Los Angeles with my teenage

nephew. Mr. Reeves was quiet-

ly standing in a corner of the

terrace, and a publicist asked

if we wanted to meet him. Mr.

Reeves introduced himself to

my nephew, shook his hand,

and asked if he enjoyed high

school. (Mr. Reeves dropped

out.) They talked about sci-

ence and scuba diving. Mr.

Reeves suggested a favorite

book he should read; I cannot

recall the name. A few years

later, I saw Mr. Reeves at a par-

ty. He remembered my nephew

without prompting and asked

how he was. He posed for a

photograph with a couple be-

fore their wedding Santa Cruz, CA. They talk a scuba diving.

Caring Nature

Speed 1994Jack: a young police officer

must prevent a bomb explod-

ing aboard a city bus by keep-

ing its speed above 50 mph.

The Matrix 1999Neo: a computer hacker learns

from mysterious rebels about

the true nature of his reality

and his role in the war.

John Wick 2004John: an ex-hit-man comes out

of retirement to track down the

gangsters that killed his dog

and took everything from him.

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by Jefferson Douglas