Summary
Keanu Reeves recalls a kneecap injury he suffered while filming the new comedy film,Good Fortune. Written and directed by Aziz Ansari in his feature film debut, the upcoming comedy film follows Reeves as a guardian angel for a down-on-his-luck man who swaps his life with a wealthy socialite to prove that money can’t buy happiness, though the demonstration doesn’t go as planned. Other than Ansari andReeves in lead roles, the cast includes Seth Rogen, Keke Palmer and Sandra Oh.
During an appearance onThe Late Show with Stephen Colbertpromoting he and China Miéville’s new novelThe Book of Elsewhere,Reeves reflected on a kneecap injury he suffered while filmingGood Fortune. Watch the video below:
Reeves recalled the moment in great detail, as he was filming a scene with Ansari and Rogen in a cold plunge. After filming the scene, he started to do the “cold shuffle” and his foot got stuck in the carpet, causing him to fall and his kneecap “cracked like a potato chip.” Reeves originally thought he was fine, but when his knee started swelling, he knew something was seriously wrong. Read his full comments below:
I was filming a scene with Aziz Ansari and Seth Rogen and we were in a cold plunge. I was loving it, I was standing there, and we finish the scene, and you know when you’re cold and you’re [shuffling]? I had a bathing suit and a towel, and you put it over your head and you do the cold shuffle?
I’m doing the cold shuffle in this room that had protective carpets down and then, just here, there was like a little pocket, and my foot got caught in the pocket in the shuffle, and then I went [down], but [my knee] didn’t follow. And then, in slow motion, I went falling. My arms came out, but then my knee failed because it’s got some stuff, and I spiked it. And my patella — kneecap — cracked like a potato chip. Comedy’s hard, man.
Inside Keanu Reeves' Knee Injury On Good Fortune
Images Of The Injury Sparked Much Speculation Online
Two weeks afterGood Fortunestarted filming in January 2024,set photos surfaced online showing Reeves on crutches with an ice pack on his left knee. At the time, it was unclear whether the crutches and ice pack were part of his character, or if the actor had suffered an actual injury. The set photos went viral online and even caused some websites to speculate about the actor’s health, though a few days later, Reeves was spotted on set standing without any crutches.
At the 2024 CinemaCon in April,Ansari addressed all the attention surrounding Reeves' injury, explaining that the actor fractured his knee by tripping on a rug in his trailer. However, he continued to shoot most of his scenes on schedule despite the injury.Good Fortunewas able to finish filming beforeReeves' next movie,Outcome, started shooting in March. Ansari revealed that only a salsa-dancing sequence remained, which would be filmed later after Reeves had fully recovered from his injury.
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It’s quite ironic thatReeves made most of his action movies, includingThe MatrixandJohn Wick, without suffering any major injuries, though, on the upcoming comedyGood Fortune, he suffered one of the worst injuries of his career. Even more ironically, he wasn’t even filming a scene. Reeves jokes about the injury now, quipping “Comedy’s hard, man.” However, as indicated by his role in theBill & Tedmovies and a few other films, Reeves can be quite adept at comedy when he wants to be.
Good Fortune
Cast
An overly helpful but inept angel named Gabriel intervenes in the lives of a gig worker facing hardship and a wealthy capitalist. Despite good intentions, his actions cause unforeseen turmoil for both. As his meddling unfolds, their contrasting lives are thrown into disarray, revealing that the grass isn’t always greener on the other side.
