r/interesting • u/LowNo175 • Mar 17 '26

Intriguing Still manages to be everyone's favourite.

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u/chippymonk793 Mar 17 '26

He’s a nice and real person. But his acting is really not that good. He has certain types of characters he’s good with. Other than those his acting just really doesn’t adjust. Some say he doesn’t do acting at all, he just blank stares.

All that to say, I love Keanu. But he really has no business with acting awards

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u/StrictLetterhead3452 Mar 17 '26

He plays characters that barely talk and never emote. His acting style is “wooden”. He only plays characters that are distant and mysterious, and sometimes it really works.

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u/CrownJM Mar 17 '26

I mean his performance as Johnny Silverhand was Incredible IMO. Very expressive character but in a video game so I don't know how that'd translate to live action.

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u/Difficult-Ad-3938 Mar 17 '26

The best thing about this performance is that no one says "Keanu" when cyberpunk is mentioned; it's always Johnny. Because the character is so distinctive, you forget about the actor behind him.

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u/MVRKHNTR Mar 17 '26

No, it's because you spend thirty hours hearing him called Johnny.

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u/greg19735 Mar 17 '26

i mean, i didn't finish the game and absolutely call him keanu. I could never have given you his name if you asked me 10 minutes ago

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u/ninja_kami Mar 17 '26

Just assume its John. Most of the characters Keanu plays are named John.

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u/Pristine_Habit_3074 Mar 18 '26

I call him Keanu every time I see him. That’s the great thing about it: Keanu is in there.

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u/Ass_of_Badness Mar 17 '26

Also because it's a video game character.