Azizi Ansari has revealed his 'Good Fortune' co-star Keanu Reeves injured his knee when he "tripped on a rug" in his dressing room on the set of the movie.
Keanu Reeves fractured his kneecap when he "tripped on a rug".
The 59-year-old actor was spotted using crutches to move around in January and now Aziz Ansari, his co-star and director on upcoming movie 'Good Fortune', has explained the star was injured following a freak accident in his dressing room on the set of the film.
Speaking at CinemaCon 2024 in Las Vegas, the 41-year-old actor-and-filmmaker said: "About, I don't know, 15 days into shooting with me, I was like, 'Hey, just go chill in your dressing room for 15 minutes.' And he tripped on a rug. He's like, 'Aah, my knee.' "
The 'Master of None' star praised Keanu as "such a trooper" following the injury and explained the actor was determined to still film as much as possible.
He said: "He still filmed everything except some scenes where he needed him to do salsa dancing, which we need to pick up.
"He was like, 'I'll do it!' We're like, 'Keanu, calm down. We'll do the salsa dancing once your knee's healed.' "
Aziz noted the irony of the 'John Wick' actor having done extreme stunt work over the years without ever needing "to go to the hospital or anything."
He said: "He's done those 'Wick' movies, all the 'Matrix' stuff. In 'Speed', he actually did attempt to do the jump from the car to the bus. It wasn't the take they used, but he did do it."
Keanu works closely with stunt performers and it was previously revealed he had given the 'John Wick 4' team personalised "death count" T-shirts and engraved Rolex watches.
The film's fight coordinator Jeremy Marina told the New York Times: "At the end of the shoot Reeves made T-shirts for the stunt performers emblazoned with the number of times they were slain over the course of the entire movie."
The stunt performers are said to have "died" onscreen up to 20 times during the course of the film.
Keanu is also said to have presented four of the stunt workers with Rolex Submariner watches worth more than $9,000 each engraved with the words "The John Wick Five" along with the crew member's name and the message: "Thank you ... Keanu ... JW4 2021."
The actor is also believed to have purchased one of the watches for himself.
On the same day that Glastonbury welcomed back Margate's adopted sons, The Libertines, Margate itself put on it's very own Leisure Festival as it...
Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.
Three nights before the end of his current tour Will Varley returned to his home town of Deal to delight a sold out crowd in The Astor Theatre.
With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...
Keanu Reeves picks up his supremely efficient hitman immediately where the 2015 original left him:...
John Wick returns for round two some time after being forced back into the criminal...
Former hitman John Wick is in Rome following events in the first movie where he...
Mike Lassiter finds himself being put on trial for the murder of his father. The...
The Neon Demon follows the journey of its protagonist Jesse (Elle Fanning) when she makes...
Rell has just broken up with his partner and he's in a complete self-absorbed world....
Scotty Galban and his partner Joey are New York City cops, whilst Scotty usually sticks...
Evan Webber is a loving father facing a Father's Day weekend alone with nothing but...
There have been so many awful revenge thrillers lately that we've almost forgotten that it's...
Indie filmmaking is one of the best niches to find super-talented directors and writers; and...
John Wick was one of the criminal underground's finest hitmen until the untimely death of...
Richard Linklater is well known in the film industry as one of the stand out...