With more than fifty films behind him, an unmatched charisma and sagas like ‘The Matrix‘ and ‘John Wick’, we can safely say that Keanu Reeves He is one of the most beloved actors ever seen. Beyond the aforementioned franchises, Reeves’ filmography includes names such as ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula‘, ‘Pact with the Devil’ and ‘A Look in the Dark’, among others. It is extremely popular all over the world, but not everyone knows the peculiar story of its origins.
Before making his film debut in 1986, the year in which he played an ice hockey goalie in ‘Youngblood’, Keanu Reeves played a cyclist in a Coca-Cola adthe most famous soft drink brand in history.
The advertisement refers to the name of ‘Coca-Cola: Coke is it!‘ and Keanu Reeves plays a cyclist in the middle of the peloton. At the end of the stage he appears very tired, but his father is waiting to give him a bottle of Coca-Cola. Surely neither he nor the other participants in the spot were able to imagine what fate had in store for what is currently one of the most beloved actors in the history of cinema.
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