Keanu Reeves is an actor, musician and… quarterback??
He unquestionably scored a landing with just one of his youthful admirers.
The “Matrix” star and Dogstar bass participant was signing autographs in Houston prior to his band’s concert in September when 9-calendar year-aged Elijah questioned Reeves if he’d have a football capture with him.
“He reported, ‘Yeah, occur on. Let us go,'” Elijah explained to KHOU.
The two then exchanged a several passes outdoors Property of Blues, with Reeves supplying a double thumbs up immediately after Elijah caught a single of his passes.
“I was seriously anxious because I was playing capture with a well known celebrity,” Elijah mentioned.
The multi-gifted Reeves, who also has a reputation for remaining terribly type and generous, complimented Elijah’s throwing capacity when speaking with his grandmother Annette Cruz.
“He mentioned, ‘Hey, he’s obtained a terrific spiral,'” Cruz explained to KHOU. “I’m like, ‘Thanks.’ I stated, ‘That’s a working day he’s usually going to keep in mind.'”
Reeves was on tour with Dogstar, a a few-member different rock band that shaped in the 1990s and lately reunited soon after a 20-moreover calendar year hiatus to release a new album.
The star of flicks like “Speed” and “John Wick” could be much better known for getting on the significant display screen than he is for getting on phase or on the gridiron. But Reeves has shown that he can engage in quarterback, executing so in the 2000 film “The Replacements.”
He reprised that part when throwing passes to his newest wide receiver, supplying his admirer a memory and memento he’ll never ever ignore.
“This is the football I threw with him,” Elijah reported. “I’m retaining it for good and ever.”
