Amazing Story About Keanu Reeves Giving A Fan His Autograph Has Gone Viral
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We love Keanu Reeves in John Wick 3 but oh boy do we love him more irl. Especially after he bought an ice cream.
Yes, a Hollywood actor bought an ice cream. Only he didn't buy it for the brain freeze potential but because he wanted to give a fan his autograph. Cute and not very John Wick-like either. But we'll let him off.
The recipient of this genuine act of kindness was James Dator, who also happens to write for SBNation, and shared the story on Twitter.
In honor of John Wick 3 I have a Keanu Reeves story.
- James Dator (@James_Dator) May 17, 2019
In his first tweet he doesn't give much away but then goes on to set the scene: "Keanu came to the movie theater I worked at in Sydney in 2001. He was working on the Matrix series at the time. It's a quiet, Wednesday morning - almost nobody is seeing movies."
I'm working the box office, bored as hell and suddenly this dude walks up in jeans, a leather jacket and a horse riding helmet. A full ass, weird equestrian looking helmet. It takes me a solid 30 seconds to ignore the helmet and realize it's Keanu Reeves
- James Dator (@James_Dator) May 17, 2019
He wants to buy a ticket for "From Hell," the Johnny Depp movie. I'm so fucking star struck I do what any sensible 16-year-old does and tell him I'd like to give him my employee discount. This means he needs to sign my sheet and therefore I have his autograph
- James Dator (@James_Dator) May 17, 2019
Employee discount for Keanu Reeves. You or I might would have taken full advantage of that but not Keanu - probably because he knew the story would have broke and he'd be called a 'money-grabbing dick head'. Not by us, obviously.
James continued by outlining Keanu's humble response:
"I don't work here," Keanu says. Seemingly confused by my offer. I'm flustered and just charge him the normal price. Kicking myself after for not getting his autograph
- James Dator (@James_Dator) May 17, 2019
2 minutes later there's a knock on the door behind me that leads into the box office. I assume it's my manager. It's Keanu.
- James Dator (@James_Dator) May 17, 2019
"I realized you probably wanted my autograph," he says. "So I signed this." He hands me a receipt from the concessions stand that he signed on the back. He then casually throws an ice cream cone in the trash can and sees his movie
- James Dator (@James_Dator) May 17, 2019
I realize later that he bought an ice cream cone he didn't want, just to get receipt paper so he could scribble his autograph for a 16-year-old idiot.
- James Dator (@James_Dator) May 17, 2019
Cute but also, very risky of Keanu - especially if the bloke was just really shocked that a grown man was getting around with a horse riding helmet under his arm.
This urged people to tell their own Keanu-based tales. Humans always have to one up other humans, don't they?
Keanu 4ever. Saw this man sitting on a fire hydrant in NYC. A fucking fire hydrant. & he looked cool doing it. Mustered the courage to speak to him as he's getting up & he was the nicest guy on the planet. Let me take 2 selfies because my hand was shaking too much the first time. pic.twitter.com/XvQKPix1cX
- chris harihar (@chrisharihar) May 18, 2019
Another added: "My mom played his mom in a movie once so I guess that makes me almost his brother? Anyway, yes yes, she said he was a very sweet guy."
Ok, that guy wins.
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Topics: Entertainment, Celebrity, keanu reeves, john wick
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