#that is keanu reeves as hamlet

[thesquirrelqueer]

hey hamlet…

be. more. chill.

[keanu-reeves64]

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1994 Keanu Reeves talks about preparing for the role of Hamlet.

1985 Keanu Reeves as Mercutio / Romeo and Juliet

[forever-apearl]

River and Keanu ●︿●

Photographed by Bruce Weber

Happy belated birthday River ❤️

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I am looking respectfully 👀

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[mischief-and-tea-by-the-sea]

Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter to Star in ‘Waiting for Godot’ on Broadway

They played slacker buddies in three “Bill & Ted” films, and next year they plan to reunite for Beckett’s classic tragicomedy.

By Michael Paulson

Aug. 1, 2024

Call it Bill and Ted’s Existentialist Adventure.

Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, the actors who incarnated a pair of slacker musicians for three “Bill & Ted” films, are planning to reunite for a Broadway revival of “Waiting for Godot.”

The production, planned for the fall of 2025, will be directed by Jamie Lloyd, one of the hottest directors of the moment, whose work is characterized by a spare aesthetic and an emphasis on psychological intensity.

Lloyd said that the project was Reeves’s idea, but that as soon as the actor approached him, “it was a no-brainer that this needed to be done.”

“Their instant chemistry and their shorthand and their friendship is going to be so valuable,” Lloyd said of Reeves and Winter in an interview. “This is a very deeply complex play, as we all know, but it’s also a very funny play, and they’re very witty people and their shared sense of humor in those movies and in real life is going to be very beneficial to the production.”

In “Godot,” Reeves will play Estragon and Winter will play Vladimir, who banter and bicker while waiting for a mysterious figure who never arrives. “Those characters take solace in their companionship as they stumble toward the void,” Lloyd said, adding, “that’s going to be the central thesis of the production, with Keanu and Alex’s own friendship.”

“Waiting for Godot,” by the Irish playwright Samuel Beckett, was first staged in French in 1953 and then in English in 1955. The play was first performed on Broadway in 1956, and has been revived there three times since, most recently in 2013 with Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart.

Reeves, the prolific film star of the “Matrix” and “John Wick” series, will be making his Broadway debut with “Godot.” He likes a challenge: In 1995, he played Hamlet in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Winter, who writes and directs in addition to acting, appeared on Broadway twice in the 1970s, when he was a teenager, in musical revivals of “The King and I” and “Peter Pan.”

The two first worked together in 1989 in “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure.” A second film, “Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey,” arrived in 1991, and a third, “Bill & Ted Face the Music,” in 2020.

Lloyd, based in London, has become a regular presence in New York. Last year he directed a revival of “A Doll’s House” starring Jessica Chastain, and this fall he will direct a revival of “Sunset Boulevard” starring Nicole Scherzinger.

The “Waiting for Godot” revival is being produced by Lloyd’s production company, as well as ATG Productions, Bad Robot Live (J.J. Abrams’s company) and Gavin Kalin Productions. ATG is a British theater company that has a long relationship with Lloyd and operates seven Broadway theaters; the production said that “Godot” would be staged in one of those ATG theaters.

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[rosencrantzsguildenstern]

In 1990s Oregon, Mike (who is based on Ned Poins) is a street kid and sex worker who is searching for his mother. His best friend, Scotty, (based on Prince Hal) is also a street kid and sex worker, but is also the son of the mayor, and knows he can go back to the comfortable wealth of his father whenever he wants, but choses to spend his time with the other street kids. The kid's "leader" is Bob (Falstaff). The two of them leave on a journey to find Mike's mother, taking them from Oregon, to Idaho, to Italy. While in Italy, Scotty falls in love with a girl called Carmella, and leaves Mike and the other street kids behind, taking on his father's wealth, getting married to Carmella, and becoming a prominent figure in society.

The best movie ever. River Phoenix. River Phoenix's best performance ever. Keanu Reeves' best performance ever. Bob is the best portrayal/adaptation of Falstaff ever. Some of the best dialogue ever. Also the scene where falstaff is lying to the group about why he failed the robbery is done SO well in My Own Private Idaho. It's so inherently Shakespearean. Also Mike is one of The characters ever. One of THE best scenes ever (the campfire scene)

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is an absurdist, existential tragicomedy following two minor characters in Hamlet, the courtiers Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. The action takes place mainly "in the wings" of Shakespeare's Hamlet, with brief appearances of major characters who enact fragments of the original's scenes. Between these episodes, the two protagonists voice their confusion at the progress of events occurring onstage without them in Hamlet, of which they have no direct knowledge. They also have little knowledge of their own lives, and a creeping fear that they're doomed.

do YOU like 4th wall breaks do YOU like metacommentary on the inherent horror of living in a story that cannot be taken off its rails no matter what you do. this is basically the mother of every other piece of metafiction work. even if youve never seen this play if you create or think about metafiction youve almost certainly consumed something that has its roots in this play. a vote for ragad is a vote for the history & legacy of metafiction!

[butchhamlet]

the other reason why kenneth much ado is great is keanu reeves oiled up and shirtless ! :D

but his hamlet….. i need to get revenge on him for his hamlet movie ill hate it until the heat death of the universe

I'm so sorry but emma thompson's beatrice was just not working for me, I wanted her to be flirty and bitter and furious and instead she was all breathy and delicate

INTERESTING. yeah i'll agree emma thompson could have been much angrier. beatrices should NOT be delicate. as for the first anon [checks my url] i'll have to trust you on the oiled men thing

[yuurei20]

Meet the Seiyuu: Dire Crowley

Crowley's voice actor Miyamoto Mitsuru has been voice acting since before many of us were born. He was inspired by a favorite TV show to become a teacher, but failed to acquire a teaching license. A friend’s college play inspired him to pursue acting instead.

In a 2014 interview Miyamoto said, ‘I would love to play a villain or eccentric role that is far removed from myself, like Tim Curry in "The Rocky Horror Show’.”

He is the voice of adult Simba in the Japanese-language-dub of Disney's ‘The Lion King’.

Miyamoto has an extensive dubbing repertoire for many overseas actors, including Ethan Hawke (Hamlet, The Magnificent Seven), Keanu Reeves (My Private Idaho, The Matrix), Brad Pitt (Interview with a Vampire, 12 Monkeys), Ewan McGregor (Moulin Rouge, Down with Love) and more.

He has performed in live theater shows and TV dramas and had done dubbing work for over 300 movies/TV dramas.

He voiced Soma Ayame in the original release of Fruits Basket, Roger Smith in The Big O and other characters in over 170 other anime series, OVAs and video games.

[doebt]

Can someone respond to this with that photo of keanu reeves like straddling some other guy and its a black and white photo and its like from some Shakespeare adaptation maybe hamlet

[itsawritblr]

I'm sorry, but I'll never be able to stand Shakespeare performed with American accents.

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(I'm looking at you, Jack Lemmon in Hamlet and Keanu Reeves in Much Ado About Nothing)

[astrangergivingthestrangewelcome]

Jonathan Harker 🤝 Hamlet characters who I know in my soul are like 21 who keep on getting played by (very good) actors who are 30+

Before you say anything yes Keanu Reeves did look perfect and was the perfect age but he also sadly butchered that role (along with not having very much to do tbf) whereas John Heffernan for example did a very excellent Jonathan, he was just nearly 40 at the time.

[hisnhers]

the things i would do to see the hamlet play where keanu reeves is hamlet

[geekiary]

Tags: Humor. Angst. Misunderstanding. Getting together. Getting back together.

Yes. This movie deserves to be tagged as both humor and angst at the same time.

As a non-English, I'm not overly familiar with Shakespeare's works. Just the very popular one internationally like Romeo & Juliet. Because at school they didn't teach us Shakespeare. We are being taught our own culture like Pramoedya Ananta Toer or Seno Gumira Ajidarma or Chairil Anwar so I'm more familiar with my own country's writers. And when being introduced to Romeo & Juliet, the trope has been overly used in my opinion and I happen to not fancy that trope too much so I didn't have any effort to get to know Shakespeare's works better.

Aside from Romeo & Juliet, I also have heard of Tempest -- in which I know it's being freely adapted into anime Zetsuen to Tempest -- and then also Hamlet and Othello. I have also taken a peek of Midsummer's Night Dream play by Rose Theater from 8 years ago on YouTube. So, basically I just know a tiny surface of Shakespeare's works.

But then a few days ago, a post about this 1993 version of Much Ado About Nothing appeared in my dash, and I'm intrigued, and decided to watch it.

And holy moly, it's so fun! I'm not sure the other of Shakespeare's works can be this fun though. I just also realized that I have watched David Tennant as Benedick in the 2011 stage adaptation of this work.

In this 1993 version by Kenneth Branagh, the humor is so well executed. The English is kinda hard to understand, because again English is my third language, but I enjoyed the whole thing.

Denzel Washington, Kenneth Branagh, Keanu Reeves, Emma Thompson, Kate Beckinsale and Robert Sean Leonard are all soooo young. Michael Keaton is comedically epic 🤣

I really love all the canon ships in here but my favorite is definitely Benedick x Beatrice. The pioneer of enemies to lovers?

And the costumes! God, why did they stop adapting Shakespeare this way?

[bwaldorf]

hello <333 15 and 30 for the film asks!

hiiiiiii thank you for sending some! 🥰🫶🏼

15. do you like to talk during movies? or silence?

generally, i prefer talking! i love making (mostly silly) comments and reactions throughout the movie with people BUT especially if it's a movie i know and i'm showing to someone for the first time, i also would like them to pay attention and not get super distracted with the talking either😭 basically i'd like a balance! i'm definitely #That Person who'll pause the movie and/or rewind it a bit if needed to make sure people don't miss out on smth crucial sorryyyy (but, again, this is mainly if its a movie i know and want to give people the right Experience of it). obviously, in the theater, i'm not gonna be talking (unless it's some sorta comment i just Gotta whisper to whoever i'm with or else i'll die <- gemini yapper behavior)

30. are you looking forward to any upcoming releases?

yes!! definitely a lot but i know i'm gonna be Massively blanking on any and everything so i'm gonna defer to my trusted ally... Making Lists. 🙂‍↕️ obviously this isn't All the releases im looking forward to but here's a small sampling of them that i could scrounge together

robbert eggers's nosferatu

cuckoo -- we're so close now!!

reed marano's the memory police -- the fact lily gladstone's gonna be in it omgg

bong joon-ho's mickey 17

GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S FRANKENSTEIN. how could i forget

craig robert's the scurry but mainly bc i find it amusing that ella purnell replaced olivia cooke in that movie. they're tethered 🤞🏼 though the plot does also seem like it'd be an absurd type of fun

mahershala ali as blade....... if we'll ever get that 🥲

28 years later (for the cast mainly, bc im not hardcore into the franchise)

whatever the new jordan peele movie's gonna be

perhaps a little excitement for luca guadagnino's the lord of the flies. though let's all just watch yellowjackets instead (kidding... somewhat)

aneil karia's hamlet!!!! riz ahmed as hamlet like omg i could faint??!

kraven the hunter... a little bit. but only bc aaron taylor-johnson sexy 🫣 the movie itself feels like it's gonna be painfully mid at best

anna biller's bluebeard -- a newer one i discovered! so its mainly just excitement about the concept & aesthetics at play here

bi gan's resurrection -- also a newer one i came across. the premise just seems super interesting to me

ngl i am intrigued by the seven husbands of evelyn hugo movie... but i think it depends heavily on the casting

the constanstine sequel with keanu reeves sorryyy i loved the original

that james mangold swamp thing movie if its still happening. idrk what is and isn't anymore

the matt reeves batman sequel movie

paddington in peru!!

usman riaz's the glassworker! it's pakistan's first hand-drawn animation film like omg <3

any and all future olivia cooke employment 👍🏼

movie ask game questions! 🍿