The race of Keanu Reeves It is currently going through a second youth and we can already enjoy the wonderful ‘John Wick 4’ in our nearest cinemas. The actor has displayed an unquestionable sympathy at all times, but in his filmography there is a film that still stings having to have made, since a friend betrayed him so that he had no choice but to shoot it against his will .
betrayed by a friend
The movie that Reeves hates so much is ‘killer game’, which shot very shortly after ‘The Matrix’ swept box offices around the world and became a milestone in science fiction cinema. The also star of ‘Speed: Maximum Power’ had agreed to make a brief appearance in it as a favor to Joe Charbanica friend of his at the time, largely because he was part of the team that accompanied his band Dogstar at many concerts.
The reason for this favor was that this way Chabarnic would have it easier to obtain the necessary financing to move it forward, And that’s exactly where the problem was.. The presence of Reeves led to the fact that 30 million dollars were raised, but with the promise that his participation would be much greater than initially expected.
When he found out about this, Reeves found himself at a crossroads, as his legal team assured him that he could get in trouble if he broke the verbal agreement he had given Chabarnic. That led to the actor having no choice but to swallow his pride and agree to appear in ‘Killer Game’, but more trouble awaited him just around the corner.
Reeves discovered shortly after that James Spader and Marisa Tomei they were going to earn much more than he did for their appearances in the film, since part of the favor he had promised Chabarnic involved earning the minimum wage allowed by the actors’ union. So that things do not get even more complicated, Universal He reached an agreement with Reeves that led to this scandal taking a little longer to come to light.
The studio agreed to raise Reeves’ salary for the 11 days he was filming ‘Killer Game’ and in exchange promised to reduce his presence in the promotional campaign and that the actor would not participate in any interview coinciding with his arrival in theaters. In return, Reeves promised not to say anything about what happened until a year after its theatrical release. Once the deadline passed, he did not hesitate in cracking on her and comment on what had actually happened:
I never found the script interesting, but a friend of mine forged my signature on the agreement. He couldn’t prove that he did it and he didn’t want to get sued, so I had no choice but to make the movie.
‘Killer game’ ended up being a disappointment at the box office -His final budget was 33 million dollars due to the increase in Reeves’ salary and he had a worldwide income of 47 million- and was mercilessly torn apart by critics. Chabarnic did not direct any film again and Reeves’ career continued as if nothing had happened.
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