“Kinyu?” “Kinyu”? “Keanu”? Everyone’s calling Keanu Reeves in their sauce, but do you know what the name of the Canadian actor currently on the poster for John Wick: Chapter 4 means? The fascinating documentary Keanu Reeves, Pop Messiah, broadcast on Arte this Friday at 10.55pm and available on Arte.tv until June 21, provides the answer. And it’s pretty awesome!
In this documentary, which chronicles the career of the elusive Keanu Reeves with many archival images, we learn the meaning of this famous name in an interview with the actor, which was given to David Letterman in 1994. “That’s an unusual name I’ve never heard before. Does it mean something in another language? Where does the name come from?”asks the leading Hollywood star.
“I was told it means “cool breeze over the mountains”Then the young actor answers, action movie speed in full promotion. – This is from my great uncle. And Keanu Reeves explained to David Letterman that this unusual name was of Hawaiian origin.
Born in Beirut in 1964, Keanu Reeves is the son of a British woman and a Hawaiian-American who met in Lebanon. If you still don’t know how to pronounce the actor’s name correctly, you can still shine in the public what it means!
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