Secret Degree’s Armored Core Episode Is a Stark Reminder That We Do not Deserve Keanu Reeves

Whatever the mission that Keanu Reeves takes on, there’s at all times an accompanying anecdotal story about how selfless, down-to-earth, and humble the 60-year-old Sonic the Hedgehog 3 actor is. Whether or not it’s tales of him buying his entire stunt crew $10,000 engraved Rolexes for dying by the hands of John Wick within the franchise’s fourth movie, his refreshingly level-headed meditation on the pervasive rise of AI within the Hollywood, or just not grandstanding on his blockbuster film star acclaim in small but important methods all through his every day life, Reeves constantly demonstrates that he’s merely too good for this world. Reeves’ newest motion-captured efficiency in Prime Video’s online game anthology collection, Secret Level, is one other instance of the actor’s dedication to delivering an distinctive efficiency.

Talking with Collider, Secret Degree creators Dave Wilson and Tim Miller shared their expertise working with Reeves on the Armored Core-centric episode “Asset Administration.” On this episode, Reeves portrays a rugged mech pilot remoted on a frozen planet, assigned a mission that would conclude the countless battle between him and the monstrous entities which have tormented him for years. Trying again, Wilson and Miller recounted their shared disbelief at Reeves sending a video over saying, “Junkie mech pilot. I’m in.”

“I’ll inform this little story since you hear this on a regular basis round city about how great he’s and the way ready and type and beneficiant he’s. He lives as much as all that hype. I assumed, ‘Sooner or later, the facade goes to fall, and the reality to by no means meet your heroes goes to come back out.’ So, two weeks earlier than filming, we get this e-mail, and it’s like, ‘Dave, Tim, I bought some dangerous information. I’ve fractured my kneecap,’ and, and, blah, blah, blah. I’m skimming to the underside of the e-mail the place he’s going to inform me he can’t do it, and he’s like, ‘However I’ve discovered all my traces. I’m off e book. I can take the brace off, and I can shoot for 5 minutes at a time,” Wilson recounted. “And I used to be like, ‘Oh my God, he’s nonetheless going to do it.’ And so I’m like, ‘Don’t fear about it. Hold the brace on. We’ll give your character a limp and a brace.’”

He continued: “And he reveals up, and about two hours in, I can inform it’s hurting, man. It’s very current, and his knee’s in regards to the dimension of Tim’s head. About two hours in, he’s like, ‘Dave.’ And I’m like, ‘Do you wish to come again tomorrow?’ He’s like, ‘Let’s simply shoot all of it now.’ And I’m like, ‘What?’ And he shot for 13 hours straight with that brace, and he doesn’t depart set. He simply nips out, has a cigarette, comes again in, and he’s like, ‘Let’s go once more!’ Superb, wonderful human being. I imply, you need to be so fortunate in your profession that somebody will present up on the higher echelons of the city and simply do it as a result of they love doing it.”

As if all of the aforementioned points of Reeves’ work ethic weren’t adequate, Wilson additionally talked about that Reeves filmed his scenes whereas in poor health.

“You can inform he had a chilly, so quite a lot of the runny nostril and cough and all the things—all the identical factor,” Wilson mentioned. “It’s not performing. He shot by way of all of it. It was nice.”

As evidenced by his thorough analysis for his position as Shadow the Hedgehog in Paramount Footage’ lately launched Sonic the Hedgehog 3, it’s clear that whatever the perceived significance of his roles, Reeves totally dedicates himself to embodying the character and honoring his commitments, even to his personal detriment. There may be little extra so as to add besides to proceed admiring the person and hope all of his ache is alleviated and transferred to a different.

All episodes of Secret Degree at the moment are obtainable on Prime Video, and the anthology collection has been renewed for a second season.

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