A beloved and charming actor. Keanu Reeves It was revealed The strange reason he had to star in one of his most critically panned filmsWhile Reeves has built a legacy as a movie hero thanks to his roles in films like matrix and John Wick2000 thriller film observer Instead, it casts Reeves as the villain in this story about a corrupt serial killer and the FBI agent who hunts him down. The role of the killer (who doesn’t do it in the name of his murdered dog, at least) seems like a bad fit for Reeves, and the actor admits that he “never found the script interesting.” So why did he end up starring in this thriller that has an 11% rating on Rotten Tomatoes? Well, Because his so-called friend forged his signature..
“I never found the script interesting, but a friend of mine forged my signature on the contract. I couldn’t prove it and didn’t want to get sued, so I had no choice but to do the film.”
Reeves revealed this in a 2001 interview with The Guardian, and the “friend” in question was the director. observerJoe Charbanek, whom the actor knew after the director directed a number of music videos for Reeves' band, Dogstar. Determined to see John Wick The star's performance was against the grain, as he had unknowingly forged Reeves' signature on a contract that also forced the actor to accept a “union-standard” salary, much lower than that of his co-stars James Spader and Marisa Tomei.
The Watcher was heavily panned by critics.
observer Described as a “psychological thriller”, which seems debatable, the film stars Keanu Reeves as serial killer David Allen Griffin and James Spader as FBI special agent Joel Campbell. It tries to deliver something like a Hitchcock or Hannibal story. red dragon, observer The film attempts to tell a cat-and-mouse story, as a killer who preys on young women follows the cop he was chasing as he moves from Los Angeles to Chicago.
Of course, the film failed to achieve what it intended, and instead of crafting a classic thriller about a serial killer, observer The film was widely panned by critics, many of whom felt that Reeves' character was not adequately developed. Legendary critic Roger Ebert said at the time: “Reeves, as the killer, has the somewhat unrewarding task of saying only what the film needs to say; he is constrained by the fact that his killer has no real dimension or personality apart from his function as a plot device.”
Fortunately, observer This didn't completely stop Reeves' Hollywood career. The actor returned as Neo in Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions Which was a huge box office success, despite mixed reviews. The actor has since become a Hollywood favorite, starring in films such as Constantine, A Scanner Darkly, The Lake Housewith John Wick The franchise that took his career to greater heights.
Reeves has several projects in the pipeline, including returning as John Wick in the upcoming spinoff film. ballerinaHe is also set to star in Jonah Hill's black comedy outcomecomedy good luck From writer and director Aziz Ansari, he will voice Shadow in Sonic the Hedgehog 3.
