Keanu Reeves is remembering his “One thing’s Gotta Give” co-star Diane Keaton, who died Oct. 11 at 79 years old.
“Complete professional,” Reeves advised E! News of Keaton on Monday at a New York screening of his new movie “Good Fortune.” “She was very good to me. Beneficiant, beneficiant artist and a really particular, distinctive individual.”
He added, “It was cool to have the ability to see her and Jack Nicholson collectively. Simply with the historical past they shared and the best way the fondness and love that they had for one another. It’s actually cool.”
Reeves starred in “One thing’s Gotta Give” as Julian Mercer, a strapping younger physician and a devoted fan of Keaton’s retired playwrite Erica Barry. The 2 ultimately develop a romantic relationship. The 2003 movie additionally stars Jack Nicholson, Amanda Peet, Frances McDormand and Jon Favreau.
“One thing’s Gotta Give” director Nancy Meyers took to Instagram on Monday to pay tribute to Keaton. Together with an image of her long-time good friend and star, she wrote, “These previous 48 hours haven’t been simple. Seeing all your tributes to Diane has been a consolation. As a film lover, I’m with you all – we have now misplaced an enormous. An excellent actress who repeatedly laid herself naked to inform our tales. As a girl, I misplaced a good friend of just about 40 years – at instances over these years, she felt like a sister as a result of we shared so many really memorable experiences. As a filmmaker, I’ve misplaced a reference to an actress that one can solely dream of.”
One other shut collaborator, Woody Allen, additionally not too long ago paid homage to Keaton. In a Sunday night time essay posted to The Free Press, he wrote, “It’s grammatically incorrect to say ‘most unusual,’ however all guidelines of grammar, and I assume anything, are suspended when speaking about Diane Keaton. In contrast to anybody the planet has skilled or is unlikely to ever see once more, her face and snigger illuminated any house she entered.”
