Keanu Reeves rescued Kate Beckinsale from clutches of wardrobe malfunction

Against our better judgments about the perils of stan culture, it saddens us to admit that we stan Keanu Reeves. The hover hand master, the afterlife explainer, the sad lunch-eating prince of Hollywood, Reeves is the one celebrity we’re all allowed to like as we pray that we never learn anything disreputable about him. But as of this writing, Kate Beckinsale has confirmed via Instagram that Reeves really is a thoughtful and proactive guy.

With the Cannes Film Festival closing over the weekend, Beckinsale reflected on Cannes’ past on Instagram. Sharing a photo unearthed by her mum, Beckinsale told followers of when she and Reeves attended the 1993 festival in support of Kenneth Branagh’s Much Ado About Nothing. Unfortunately, as is a common occupational hazard in her business, Beckinsale experienced a wardrobe malfunction. “Never fear,” the fates told her. “Keanu is here.”

“I had bought the bodysuit in the Sock Shop at the airport,” Beckinsale wrote before launching into some of the heaviest name-dropping this side of Watch What Happens Live. “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.”