“He must have had a wonderful birthday!” : Keanu Reeves gave Coppola a fun gift on the set of Dracula

If the indestructible myth of the vampire count born from the pen of Bram Stoker has been revisited on the screen more than 200 times, the version provided by Coppola is undoubtedly the most faithful to the original work.

Released 30 years ago, his version of Dracula, held at arm’s length by the extraordinary Gary Oldman in his Night’s Prince costume, is a pure masterpiece.

Keanu Reeves is outstanding among the headliners. Still in the public eye as a promising young actor, but also as the muse of American independent cinema, Keanu Reeves was cast as Jonathan Harker.

However, his performance was quite criticized due to the English accent used in the film. A British accent with which the latter was not comfortable, but which he says does not detract from the qualities of the film.

in the given interview Entertainment Weekly In 2015, Francis Ford Coppola would correct the responsibility for this bad impression on the actor’s performance. The fault lies in the perfectionism of the film director, which somewhat “paralyzed” the actor.

“He was really struggling to do an English accent. He was trying too hard. That was the problem, he wanted to do it perfectly and I came off as relaxed. I tried to calm him down and not do it in such a tedious way.

So maybe I wasn’t critical of him, but that’s because I love him so much personally. To this day, he is a prince in my eyes.”

There is no need to be too upset with the actor who even gave him a strange gift on the set. Guest on the podcast inside themKeanu Reeves reveals that he gave the director a hallucinogenic mushroom for his birthday during filming!

“I heard that it was his birthday, so I brought mushrooms “. “How did he react?” asks the host. “She took them and had a wonderful birthday!”