Perhaps, most famously, it is known how well he takes care of the cast and crew involved in any of his projects. But this time, actress Kate Beckinsale has revealed how many years ago Reeves saved her from something very embarrassing!
Kate Beckinsale and Keanu Reeves go way back. In fact, the actress shared an incident recently which shows just how far back the friendship between the two actors goes.
Beckinsale returned to the Cannes Film Festival this year as she was in attendance at the amfAR charity gala, among other events. Her presence at one of the biggest red carpet events in the world must have reminded her of her very first time walking the very same carpet.
Her first time in Cannes was in 1993. She was attending the premiere for Kenneth Branagh’s Shakespeare adaptation “Much Ado About Nothing.” Following this year’s events, Beckinsale found a picture of herself from her very first Cannes appearance and shared a story not many people know.
On the 1993 Cannes red carpet, her co-star Keanu Reeves saved her from some major embarrassment. The actress shared the entire story on Instagram. She wrote, “I had bought the bodysuit in the Sock Shop at the airport and when I got in the car to drive to the premiere with Denzel and Pauletta Washington, all the poppers in the crotch popped themselves open and it flipped up like a roller blind. I didn’t feel it was appropriate to go delving around in my undercarriage with all of us in the back of the car so I just quietly panicked.”