Keanu Reeves meets Korean fans for Street Kings
Whoa: ‘Look, it’s Neo!’carpet event last night)
Annyeonghaseyo!: Keanu greets his Korean fans.
Autograph please: Keanu notices a fan’s request. Awww…
More on Keanu Reeves’ visit to Korea (please indulge me on this readers, I’m a fan 
).
Apparently, the Hollywood star gave reporters and fans the slip when he arrived at the Incheon International Airport on April 16. Many who were waiting for the Matrix star were disappointed and angry.
To add fuel to that, 20th Century Fox Korea circulated a notice asking reporters not to write about Street Kings’ beginning sequence where Keanu’s character Tom Ludlow trades racial slurs with a couple of Korean thugs. Digital Chosunilbo calls the demand “overly patronizing”.
WOW!: Keanu is amazed to see the many fans whoturned up to meet him. I would be there too, if I could….
Nice to meet you: The actor waves to his fans
Matrix talk: ‘Yeah, I can do ‘bullet time’ while signingautographs too. Here, lemme show you.’
Scribble: ‘You sure you want me to autographthe handphone too?’
Keanu, who turns 44 on Sept 2nd, cooled tempers down at Thursday’s press conference by charming his Korean host. He said “hello” and “thank you” in Korean and said that the local dish of grilled beef with lettuce is “fantastic.”
The press took the opportunity to ask the actor about the “controversial” sequence, to which Keanu agreed that it was “pretty shocking” and added that the aim had been to make a “hard” flick. The actor then expressed hope that Koreans won’t take things personally.
Keanu also talked about his next project with writer/ director/ actress/ Daniel Day-Lewis’s wife Rebecca Miller. Based on Miller’s novel, Keanu describes The Private Lives of Pippa Lee as a more “naturalistic” project.
“I don’t know what the future will bring, but…” and here he touched wood, “hopefully it’s good things.”
Yeah! *Liz touches wood too* 키아누 오빠, 사랑해요!
Message: ‘Liz dear, wish you were here.’ 
Reaching out: ‘Man, you guys have beautiful hands, no kiddin’!’
Red carpet: ‘Phew, so many fans along the red carpet!’
Come here: ‘And who shall I make this out to?’
Street Kings: Keanu does some PR for his latest cop thriller
The one and only Keanu Reeves…Source: Digital Chosunilbo
Pics credit: Newsen & Osen
Check out too:
Video of Keanu’s red carpet event at StarNews
Related:
Keanu Reeves promotes Street Kings in Seoul
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by Liz | Friday, April 18, 2008
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