In a different world, Keanu Reeves might have been known to us as "Chuck Spadina"
Reeves explained to Good Morning America that he considered using Spadina as a stage name
It’s never good to dwell too much on things that could have been. That road leads only to sadness and regret—an inability to move on with life and accept that we can’t change the past. But it’s hard not to linger on how the world we live in might be different when you learn, for instance, that famous movie star Keanu Reeves could have been known to us as Chuck Spadina.
Reeves/Spadina revealed this information during an interview with Good Morning America’s Michael Strahan. While talking about the upcoming Matrix Resurrections and the early days of his career, Reeves mentions that he was once asked to take on a stage name because, according to some Hollywood people, Keanu sounded too “exotic.”
“So, I’m 20 years old, I’m in my first car, I wanted to be in movies, I went to Hollywood,” Reeves says. “And I get there and they’re like, ‘we wanna change your name.’”
