Keanu Reeves Over the years, he has become one of Hollywood’s biggest stars on his own merits, both for his charisma and personality and for his numerous film successes, with two sagas that have been capital in his career: first ‘The Matrix‘ -despite the most recent fourth installment- and years later ‘John Wick’. However, the actor has also had his own setbacks, films that for one reason or another did not come to fruition. And one of them was ‘The Watcher‘(‘Killer Game’) along with Marisa Tomei from the year 2000, a film that according to the actor he was forced to make: “I had no choice”.
Keanu Reeves and the least friendly face of Hollywood
And after triumphing in 1999 with ‘The Matrix’, the following year was not the best for the actor’s career, appearing in the comedy ‘The Replacements‘ next to Gene Hackman and the thriller ‘The Gift‘ directed by Sam Raimitwo minor films compared to some of his previous ones blockbusters. Although the worst came with ‘The Watcher‘, a film that the actor considers a disaster and in which he was forced to appear for a somewhat bizarre situation.
Thus, and as Keanu Reeves himself explains, was tricked into appearing in this thriller directed by Joe Charbanic in which a former FBI agent is pursued by a serial killer: “I never found the script interesting.but a friend of mine forged my signature on the contract“Reeves explained to the Calgary Sun (via Far Out). “I couldn’t prove that this was the case and I didn’t want to get sued, so I I had no choice but to make the film.”.
Apparently, Reeves reached an agreement with Universal Pictures about forging his signature, so he should keep silent about such an embarrassing situation during the following twelve months from the film’s release in the United States in exchange for appear as little as possible in the promotion Of the same. Even Reeves was baffled to see how he became the protagonist instead of making a small cameo.
As if that were not enough, Keanu Reeves was nominated for this year’s Razzie Awards for his performance, although he ultimately did not win the award. ‘The Watcher‘ received very harsh criticism and barely achieved a worldwide gross of 47 million dollars for a budget of 30 million, so it did not end up being a failure on all levels. Still, it remains on Rotten Tomatoes with a poor 11% acceptance.
