‘I want to get as much done as I can’: Keanu Reeves on poetry, grief and making the most of every minute

He is one of Hollywood’s hardest working and well-liked actors.

As the next instalment of his epic Matrix series hits the big screen, Tom Lamont meets the famously thoughtful starKeanu Reeves covers his face with both hands.

Long bands of the actor’s straggly, jet-black hair flit from side to side as he shakes his cradled head.

Reeves, who is 57, has a new Matrix movie out soon.

It will be the first instalment in that famous sci-fi series since the turn of the century, when a visually splendid trilogy – The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions – shook blockbuster cinema to its foundations.

I have just been telling him what an unforgettable outing that first Matrix movie was for me, back in 1999, when I saw it in a packed, noisy cinema full of people who couldn’t sit still for excitement.

I’ve also just admitted to Reeves that,

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