Keanu Reeves still performs own stunts

The private and enigmatic actor also does horse-riding and knife-throwing scenes in the third chapter of the John Wick series

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In an age of celebrity oversharing, actor Keanu Reeves has somehow stayed one of the most private and enigmatic figures in Hollywood.

The good guys he plays in action blockbusters such as Speed (1994), the Matrix movies (1999 to 2003) and the John Wick franchise (2014 to now) - which returns today for a third instalment, John Wick: Chapter 3 - never seem that far from his own personality: sweet but intense, and often taciturn and melancholic.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on May 16, 2019, with the headline Keanu Reeves still performs own stunts. Subscribe