Actor Keanu Reeves has been in two of the best action franchises ever conceived, The Matrix and John Wick, and he also once came close to joining another prominent behemoth: Fast and Furious. Reeves had been in talks to sign on for the latest Fast movie, Fast X, marking the second time he’d discussed such a possibility.
Reeves had first been considered for a role in the racing action movie back in 2019’s Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. In a new interview with actor Alan Richton, Reeves was set to play his role of Aimes in Fast X.
He told EW: “It was just a little stroke of luck and good timing. I was working on a movie with Hilary Swank up in Winnipeg in the freezing cold, and I got a call that things had shifted in the plans with Keanu Reeves, which is, I think, who was originally intended to play my part. Tough act to follow”.
Richton also noted that he was concerned he might have to abandon the part anyway because a storm disrupted the production of Ordinary Angels with Hilary Swank. The role that Reeves was meant to play in Hobbs & Shaw was the Eteon Director.