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Keanu Reeves has revealed that he almost went by the stage name Chuck Spadina, and even used Casey Reeves for a while before sticking to his real name.
But new heights Podcast with brothers Jason and travis kelsReeves, 61, said he moved to Los Angeles when he was 20 and had a manager who insisted he change his name.
Reeves said, “I got paid when I was 16, so I was a professional actor by the time I was 16, 17. I was in Toronto, Canada and then I got a manager who lived in Los Angeles.”
“At 20, I drove to Los Angeles in my car. Got out of my car and my manager said, ‘We want to change your name.’ so it’s welcome to hollywood [moment]I remember walking down the beach and I just said, ‘My name? What happens if I change my name? What?'”
Reeves lists the stage names he came up with, and none of them took off.
“My middle name is Charles, so I said, ‘…Chuck?’ And I grew up on a street called Spadina, [therefore] Chuck Spadina,” Reeves said. “And then I was some Templeton. So then I became Casey Reeves. I was credited as Casey Reeves.
According to his IMDb page, Reeves is actually credited as Casey Reeves in the 1986 anthology series magical world of disney,
“And then I couldn’t do it. So then I’d be at the audition and they’d go, ‘Casey Reeves.’ And I won’t even answer. After six months, I was like, ‘I’m not doing this.’ That’s a Hollywood moment.”
on September, Leonardo Dicaprio shared it His manager told him his name was “too ethnic”. And wanted him to go to Lenny Williams.
“He said, ‘Your name is too ethnic,'” DiCaprio recalled. new heights podcast. “I say, ‘What do you mean? It’s Leonardo DiCaprio.’ They say, ‘No, too ethnic.’ They will never hire you. Your new name is Lenny Williams.”
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The new name was supposed to be both a nickname for Leonardo and a version of DiCaprio’s middle name, which is Wilhelm. However, his father did not appreciate the change after seeing the name Lenny Williams printed on his son’s headshot.
“My father saw this picture, tore it up and said, ‘Over my dead body.'”
Reeves is currently promoting his latest film good fortuneAlso the directorial debut of Aziz Ansari.
Independent‘S Clarice Loughrey praised Reeves’ performance in her three-star review of the film, writing: “What emerges from that slight jumble of thoughts is ultimately a perfectly composed performance from Reeves as a naïve celestial being who is slowly coming down to Earth. He really has a way with those fake-serious, declarative recitations of the lines, “See how superficial your life is now?” and, out of his mouth, the words “chicken nuggets” in typical infantile millennial speech. Instead lies the adorable, playful energy of a baby deer taking its first steps.
good fortune In theaters from October 17th.