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Action legend Keanu Reeves fractured his kneecap by tripping on a rug-Danni Scott-Entertainment – Metro
He was trying to salsa dance with a broken knee.
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Keanu Reeves managed to fracture his knee in his own trailer (Picture: Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)
After years doing dramatic stunts and daring scenes, Keanu Reeves managed to fracture his kneecap after a tumble in his trailer.
The Matrix legend was spotted with his knee wrapped up, walking around on crutches while filming Good Fortune in January.
Turns out Keanu, who recently ditched his familiar long hair, actually tripped on a rug while relaxing on set only days into the shoot but continued on like ‘such a trooper’.
While at ComicCon in Las Vegas, Aziz Ansari revealed he heard the cries from the 59-year-old star’s dressing room as he fell.
He shared: ‘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”.’
However, ever the professional Keanu didn’t let a little injury like a fractured knee stop him from shooting the rest of the movie.
He was spotted navigating set with crutches (Picture: TheImageDirect.com)
He rocked a big ice pack, intense bandages, and pair of comfy slippers(Picture: TheImageDirect.com)
‘He still filmed everything except some scenes where he needed him to do salsa dancing, which we need to pick up,’ revealed Aziz.
The John Wick icon was still raring to go though as the 41-year-old actor added: ‘He was like, “I’ll do it!” We’re like, “Keanu, calm down. We’ll do the salsa dancing once your knee’s healed”.’
Praising his injured co-star, Aziz noted that Keanu has done numerous extreme stunts in his four decade long career.
All those stunts he pulled off without having to ‘go to the hospital or anything’, but one freak accident had left the star needing walking aids.
‘He’s done those Wick movies, all the Matrix stuff,’ continued Aziz. ‘In Speed, he actually did attempt to do the jump from the car to the bus.
Filmmaker Aziz Ansari revealed he heard Keanu shout in pain (Picture: Paul Morigi/Getty Images)
Keke Palmer shared snaps of her behind the scenes with the Matrix legend (Picture: Keke Palmer/Instagram)
‘It wasn’t the take they used, but he did do it.’
The Parks and Recreation alum wrote and directed the upcoming comedy, which also stars Seth Rogen, Sandra Oh, and Keke Palmer.
Keanu plays Gabriel, a ‘literal guardian angel’ for a man (Aziz) down on his luck who attempts to body swap the man with a wealthy socialite named Jeff (Seth).
The switch goes wrong and leaves Gabriel stranded and wingless with a displaced Jeff as his roommate.
Sharing snaps from set on Instagram, Keke wrote: ‘Having so much fun with these amazing guys on set of our film Good Fortune — we had a pool scene today that lowkey turned into a real pool party hahaha!
‘Working with Aziz something spontaneous always happens.’
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