Thanks to the achiever ofThe Matrixin 1999 , which demonstrate his continued box office staff bankability , Keanu Reeveshad his choice of projects when the 2000s came along . It was therefore puzzling to see Reeves in 2000’sThe Watcher , a generic crime thriller with Reeves playing a serial killer catch up in a psychological game with an FBI agentive role play by James Spader . The film was poorly reviewed , madejust $ 29 million , and did n’t seem in sync with Reeves ’s career . So why did he bear the role ?
fit in to Reeves , it was because he was tricked .
The histrion originallyagreedto a humble part in the film as a favor to friend Joe Charbanic , who played unpaid field hockey with Reeves and also shot footage of Reeves ’s isthmus , Dogstar . He also happened to beThe Watcher ’s film director . With Reeves in the cast , it would be easy for producers to obtain financing . Instead , Reeves found himself being conspicuously boast , with his character , David Allen Griffin , taking up a considerable amount of covert time . ( Spader , who played Joel Campbell , received top billing . )
That was n’t the only consequence . In an audience withThe Calgary Sunconducted a year after the film ’s vent , Reevesexplainedthat “ a champion ” forged his touch on a declaration . While that might be campaign for legal action , Reeves did n’t see it that way .
“ I never found the script interesting , but a friend of mine forge my touch on the arrangement , ” Reeves said . “ I could n’t prove he did and I did n’t want to get sued , so I had no other choice but to do the film . ”
An irritated Reeves refused to do any pressure promoting the movie , which Universal — the studio apartment that develop the film — grant if Reeves agree not to speak openly about his grudge for one year .
Reeves hold out on to film bothMatrixsequels , which were released in 2003 . After a string of miss , he scored a hit with 2015’sJohn Wick . A fourth film in that serial is planned .
