Story About Keanu Reeves Buying Ice Cream Goes Viral For The Sweetest Reason

In honor of John Wick 3 I have a Keanu Reeves story.

— James Dator (@James_Dator) May 17, 2019

Keanu came to the movie theater I worked at in Sydney in 2001. He was working on the Matrix series at the time. It’s a quiet, Wednesday morning — almost nobody is seeing movies.

— James Dator (@James_Dator) May 17, 2019

I’m working the box office, bored as hell and suddenly this dude walks up in jeans, a leather jacket and a horse riding helmet. A full ass, weird equestrian looking helmet. It takes me a solid 30 seconds to ignore the helmet and realize it’s Keanu Reeves

— James Dator (@James_Dator) May 17, 2019

He wants to buy a ticket for “From Hell,” the Johnny Depp movie. I’m so fucking star struck I do what any sensible 16-year-old does and tell him I’d like to give him my employee discount. This means he needs to sign my sheet and therefore I have his autograph

— James Dator (@James_Dator) May 17, 2019

“I don’t work here,” Keanu says. Seemingly confused by my offer. I’m flustered and just charge him the normal price. Kicking myself after for not getting his autograph

— James Dator (@James_Dator) May 17, 2019

2 minutes later there’s a knock on the door behind me that leads into the box office. I assume it’s my manager. It’s Keanu.

— James Dator (@James_Dator) May 17, 2019

“I realized you probably wanted my autograph,” he says. “So I signed this.” He hands me a receipt from the concessions stand that he signed on the back. He then casually throws an ice cream cone in the trash can and sees his movie

— James Dator (@James_Dator) May 17, 2019

I realize later that he bought an ice cream cone he didn’t want, just to get receipt paper so he could scribble his autograph for a 16-year-old idiot.

— James Dator (@James_Dator) May 17, 2019

I love that. What does it cost to remain a real, decent human? Not much.... maybe some carbs.

— Michelle Finneran Dennedy (@mdennedy) May 18, 2019

And this is why Keanu is the bestest human alive. pic.twitter.com/OJpkYv0oXx

— Dingos Dog Haus 🐶🛁💖 (@DingosDogHaus) May 18, 2019

I’m just going to go ahead and cry about the sweetness of this

— Parisa Fitz-Henley (@ParisaFH) May 18, 2019

Keanu is a genuinely nice guy--and you literally have the receipts 😁🧾

— Leonardo Sumulong (@leowulv) May 18, 2019

Keanu 4ever. Saw this man sitting on a fire hydrant in NYC. A fucking fire hydrant. & he looked cool doing it. Mustered the courage to speak to him as he’s getting up & he was the nicest guy on the planet. Let me take 2 selfies because my hand was shaking too much the first time. pic.twitter.com/XvQKPix1cX

— chris harihar (@chrisharihar) May 18, 2019

That’s a great story

— Antwan V. Staley (@antwanstaley) May 17, 2019

Verified! I was there. We also had George Lucas come in when he was filming the prequels I believe the same year.

— Reapz316 (@Reapz316) May 18, 2019

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭there are so many of these keanu stories and i will never tire of hearing them!!!!

— Amanda Rosenberg (@AmandaRosenberg) May 17, 2019

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 what a great story!!!

— jonny sun (@jonnysun) May 18, 2019

There’s a cell phone video of Keanu floating around out there on the Toronto subway (where he is unaware of being filmed) and he notices how full the car is and offers his seat to a woman who was forced to stand.
Someone will likely remember seeing this and post it.

— Matt Godbout (@Habitforming1) May 18, 2019

Just met him on Wednesday.. dude was way chill pic.twitter.com/0yxYFKkGW4

— boaconstructor (@boaconstructor_) May 18, 2019