Keanu Reeves, the beloved star of The Matrix is keeping his legions of loyal fans well and truly entertained as he promotes the release of The Matrix Resurrections this December.
The actor is reprising his iconic role as Neo in the sci-fi blockbuster this holiday season and an epic premiere took place over the weekend in San Francisco's Bay Area.
Now the actor is going viral as a video of him goofing around on the red carpet is amassing hundreds of thousands of views on social media.
Shared by fan account @exceIIentkeanu, the clip, posted to Twitter, shows Reeves intensely staring down a camera lens, walking up to it and head-butting it.
The video is only a few seconds long but is delighting Reeves fans all over.
At the time of publishing, the clip has amassed more than 300,000 views.
"i just love him so much," reads the tweet. While another person added: "Can he stop being perfect and wholesome for one second???"
Can he stop being perfect and wholesome for one second??? https://t.co/fDXHLQ6BBN
— SSpectre (@SSilkSpectre) December 21, 2021
Reeves is no stranger to going viral as the 57-year-old is famously the subject of the well-known Sad Keanu meme.
However, the Canadian star clarified recently that he was not in fact sad in the famous photograph, but just quietly enjoying some lunch in the park.
"I'm just eating a sandwich, man!" he said during an appearance on The Late Show last week, telling host Stephen Colbert that he was just "hungry" when the photo was snapped.
The topic came up when Colbert asked about Reeves' recent comic book BRZRKR and if one drawing from it was inspired by the meme.
"So you're not actually sad in Sad Keanu?" Colbert asked his guest.
"I was thinking. I had some stuff going on," Reeves responded, adding: "I was hungry."
He then explained that he believed the comic's illustrator Ron Garney was inspired by the photo.
"I didn't know he was gonna do that, but that's what he did, and I think it's kinda meta," Reeves added.
In The Matrix Resurrections, Reeves reunited with Trinity star Carrie-Anne Moss.
Speaking about reprising the role of Neo all these years later, Reeves said he was bringing some life experience to the character.
"I guess life experience and all of [what] that entails, the highs and the lows and all of the in-betweens," he told NME.
"For me, I felt like the character and the journey of it is kind of an examination of the past; how do I feel about it and where am I now. What does it mean? What's important? So there was a lot of, not nostalgia, but a reflection and a yearning to understand."
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