Former “Friends” star Matthew Perry is being called “evil” and “a self-indulgent tool,” essentially, after saying that the world would be a better place if Keanu Reeves died instead of Phoenix or Heath Ledger. Was.
“Why is it that original thinkers like Phoenix and Heath Ledger die, but Keanu Reeves still walks among us?” Perry writes in his forthcoming memoir “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing”, excerpted from New York Post on Wednesday.
Perry reiterated on Keanu bashing in his remembrance of Chris Farley’s death in 1997: “I drilled a hole through Jennifer Aniston’s dressing room wall when I found out,” adding, “Keanu Reeves walks between us.”
Were among the stars who jumped to Keanu’s defense on Wednesday linda carter, who tweeted, “Come on… Keanu Reeves is like one of those frozen cakes. Nobody likes that!” and “West Side Story” star Rachel Ziegler, who wrote, “Personally thrilled that Keanu Reeves walks among us.”
Reeves’ costar Alex Winter in three “Bill & Ted” movies did not name Perry when he tweeted“The surest way to send yourself in the ’90s trash is to take potshots that no one has made since the ’90s.”
It may seem hard to believe today, when Reeves is one of the most beloved actors on the planet, known for his kindness to fans and behind-the-scenes crew, but in the ’90s, Perry wasn’t alone. . Actors out for ridicule.
While fans praised Oscar-nominated Phoenix for his delivery of Shakespearean lines in 1991’s “My Own Private Idaho,” co-star Keanu found nothing but jokes and his English accent in 1992’s “Bram Stokers Dracula.” But it was funny again. In 2015, Francis Ford Coppola recalled how much hate Keanu had received for his performance. “Maybe I wasn’t criticizing him that much, but that’s because I personally like him a lot,” he said. ew,
While Reeves received praise from critics including Roger Ebert and Janet Muslin for his role as a surfing FBI agent in 1991’s “Point Break”, This Washington Post reviewer wrote“Reeves … seems forever on the verge of an idea that may not work its way to the surface. He’s charismatically puppy-minded and, looking at him, we’re in for the slow pace of his mental gear.” get caught in the trap.” And long running “Point Break Live” purposefully cast (possibly the talented audience member) in the role of Johnny Utah every night in Los Angeles.
While “Speed” was a box office hit, it wasn’t really until “The Matrix” in 1999 that Hollywood began to take Keanu seriously in a big way. (see from this bit “critic,” where Keanu is mocked for reading too slow in the fictional sequel, “Speed Reading.”)
Now, of course, Reeves is beloved not only for his box office, but for being a down-to-earth celebrity that everyone wants to make a cameo in his film, including Ali Wong, Key & Peele, Pixar, and others. DC included.
Here are some more tweets in Keanu’s defense:
geek girl diva wrote, “Keanu Reeves is one of the kindest, most generous people on the planet. Heath Ledger and River Phoenix were incredibly talented. I’m glad you’re cool, Matthew, but you were never in their league” And @ThisIsBrandyB Wrote, “When you consider how sad Keanu Reeves is still over Phoenix’s death… this is especially bad.”
