# Keanu Reeves stunt double question **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 20, 2001, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keanu-reeves-stunt-double-question/82701 "2001-09-20T00:04:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keanu-reeves-stunt-double-question/82701/1 "2001-09-20T00:04:39Z")
I was watching “The Replacements” the other day on television with my wife, it’s a film I enjoy, when the dance scene in the jail began, (the one to the tune _I Will Survive_. My wife turned to me and asked, “Why does **Keanu Reeves** need a stunt double for that?” I watched and she was right, while the guy doubling Reeves kept his ball cap down and a hand in front of his face, it was pretty clearly somebody other than the billed star. What was the point? The guys in the jail were supposed to be bad dancers for heaven’s sake. ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keanu-reeves-stunt-double-question/82701/2 "2001-09-20T01:45:14Z")
I’ve never seen anybody move like that before! Whoa. ---
**Author:** ![escapol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90ced4/32.png) [@escapol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/escapol)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keanu-reeves-stunt-double-question/82701/3 "2001-09-20T02:05:12Z")
Maybe the scene was cut short. Left on the editing room floor was that shot of ‘Keanu’ doing the splits or a daring double back-flip. Or maybe it’s just the opposite…they needed somebody to dance horribly to that tune. Because Keanu didn’t want to ‘out’ himself…he’s got his routine to that tune down pat (as we all do…it’s a required number, to be on our team). ---
**Author:** ![custard\_dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@custard\_dragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/custard_dragon)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keanu-reeves-stunt-double-question/82701/4 "2001-09-20T04:45:19Z")
Perhaps the director briefly toyed with using an acting double for Keanu for the whole film, but chickened out. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keanu-reeves-stunt-double-question/82701/5 "2001-09-20T20:12:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by escapol \* > \*\*…Because Keanu didn’t want to ‘out’ himself…he’s got his routine to that tune down pat (as we all do…it’s a required number, to be on our team). \*\* Huh? Keanu’s in? Did I miss a memo? ---
**Author:** ![escapol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90ced4/32.png) [@escapol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/escapol)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keanu-reeves-stunt-double-question/82701/6 "2001-09-21T01:25:55Z")
I don’t think he’s ever ‘officialy’ come out, has he? But, I agree, the closet he’s in has a glass door. A sparkling, freshly windexed glass door. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keanu-reeves-stunt-double-question/82701/7 "2001-09-21T08:04:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Devil’s Grandmother \* > \*\* > Huh? Keanu’s in? Did I miss a memo? \*\* Hey, he was in **Point Break** , both **Bill & Ted** movies, and **The Matrix**. Not to mention the good-at-the-time-and-don’t-lie-and-say-you-didn’t-like-it-when-it-first-came-out- **Speed**. That’s enough to be “in” in my book. I have a friend that frequently gets sloshy drunk and goes on rants about all those “Canoe” Reeves movies I watch. Absolutely hilarious.