Keanu Reeves provided a drаmаtic reenactment of how he broke his kneecap while filming during his appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Monday.
The 59-year-old actor was asked by Stephen Colbert, 60, about the incident, given his reputation for playing action characters like Neo and John Wick.
‘What happened? Who got to you?’ Stephen inquired.
‘No one got to me,’ Keanu humorously replied in a tough guy voice. ‘Accidеnt got to me.’
Keanu explained he was filming a scene for the upcoming comedy “Good Fortune” with Aziz Ansari and Seth Rogen. After a cold plunge, he was doing the ‘cold shuffle’ when his foot got caught in a pocket of the protective carpet, causing him to fall.
Keanu stood up and walked in front of Stephen’s desk to demonstrate how he fell, explaining how his knee spiked into the ground, resulting in a cracked patella.
‘Comedy is hard, man,’ Keanu quipped.
Stephen clarified that this was not an action film. Keanu confirmed it was a comedy and joked, ‘Welcome to my life.’
Keanu was on the CBS talk show to promote his new book, “The Book of Elsewhere,” co-authored with China Miéville. He also updated the audience on the progress of the Constantine project, mentioning that a writer had been hired.