# Keanu Reeves does NOT LOOK YOUNG **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 29, 2019, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keanu-reeves-does-not-look-young/834703 "2019-05-29T13:02:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keanu-reeves-does-not-look-young/834703/21 "2019-05-30T06:59:13Z")
Keanu obviously has a way to go before he can even dream of attaining Mickey Rourke/Keith Richards status of celeb husbandry. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keanu-reeves-does-not-look-young/834703/22 "2019-05-30T09:33:04Z")
No? Look, I’m sorry. I’m all for this sort of _“Lame Internet Meme Debunking”_ thing you’re doing, but the truth is, I watched John Wick and I thought he was clearly miscast because he’s way too young to play this role of former legendary killer who has been retired for a while. Then I realized… wait, no, he’s about George Clooney’s age. Don’t get me wrong, Reeves couldn’t play a teenager even in a CW show… but he does look unusually younger than his actual age. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keanu-reeves-does-not-look-young/834703/23 "2019-05-30T10:41:38Z")
WHOA! …sorry couldn’t resist! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keanu-reeves-does-not-look-young/834703/24 "2019-05-30T10:59:05Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > Look, Reeves is a movie star and has been for decades. We can readily see that he does not, in fact, still look like he did in _The River’s Edge, My Own Private Idaho, Speed, Point Break_ or even _The Matrix_. He looks his age. Insisting that he looks young is pretty much saying “You’re 54 years old - how come you don’t look disgusting?!” > > He (and co-star Halle Berry) can simply be attractive 50-somethings. Really! It’s legal and everything! No. He looks young. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keanu-reeves-does-not-look-young/834703/25 "2019-05-30T11:18:56Z")
On his Wiki page the picture is from 2015, and (speaking as someone 3 years older than he is) I think he looks his age. Not that there’s anything wrong with that … 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![El\_DeLuxo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_deluxo/32/9043_2.png) [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keanu-reeves-does-not-look-young/834703/26 "2019-05-30T12:05:37Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > The good die young. And I’m living proof. ---
**Author:** ![Bibliothecarius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@Bibliothecarius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliothecarius)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keanu-reeves-does-not-look-young/834703/27 "2019-05-30T12:24:28Z")
> [@pool](#): > > William Shatner is the one that amazes me, the guy is 88!!! How does he still look so young? Maybe he had hair plugs and plastic surgery or whatever but I still don’t think most people who have that done would look so young at his age. Charles Grodin was the one who amazed me. He looks his age now but you’d expect that as he’s 84. But back when _Beethoven_ (1992) was released, he was around 57. Sure didn’t look it! He played a doctor in _Rosemary’s Baby_ (1968). Clearly he made a pact with the Devil to slow the aging process! ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keanu-reeves-does-not-look-young/834703/28 "2019-05-30T14:42:16Z")
> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > Don’t get me wrong, Reeves couldn’t play a teenager even in a CW show… but he does look unusually younger than his actual age. Let’s try this: Most of my life, some (somewhat clueless) people have told me I don’t talk or act black, though I am. My counter has always been that this is impossible - I’m black and I talk and behave as I do, so this is literally how a black person talks. The issue isn’t me, it’s their preconceptions. You can say I’m atypical (though, considering all the factors, I’m not) but you can’t change the facts. Mr. Reeves is 54 and he looks like he does now, so this is what a 54-year old looks like, period. The people claiming he looks “unusually young” are just highlighting their preconceptions about what older people look like. And it’s as insulting as any other time you use a label to decide what someone should be like. And similar to my earlier argument, you can’t really argue Reeves is atypical when you consider all the factors we know about him, like his occupation, economic status, general health, etc. Does he look like the 54 year old stocking at Wal-Mart? No. Does he look similar to Robert Downey Jr, Kyle Chandler, Ralph Macchio, Chris Rock and so on? Pretty much. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keanu-reeves-does-not-look-young/834703/29 "2019-05-30T17:44:19Z")
> [@digs](#): > > I think part of it’s “You look so much better than sixty-year-olds did when I was a kid!” Yeah, well, those old farts were on a diet of ground beef, unfiltered Camels and lethargy. The people saying that also forget that when _they_ were kids, anybody old enough to drink legally looked _ancient_. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keanu-reeves-does-not-look-young/834703/30 "2019-05-30T18:25:14Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > …the food pyramid is lard, cigarettes, red meat and bourbon. Breakfast of champions! ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keanu-reeves-does-not-look-young/834703/31 "2019-05-30T20:59:03Z")
Oh, he’s hit the age where he’s really showing his age. A few years ago, maybe right before he turned 50, the ‘Keanu is immortal’ fan thing got going, but I think it didn’t account for how babyfaced he was when he really was young. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keanu-reeves-does-not-look-young/834703/32 "2019-05-31T02:15:43Z")
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