In 1993, he had a role in Much Ado About Nothing, based on Shakespeare’s play of the same name. The film received positive reviews,[61] although Reeves was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor.[62] The New Republic magazine thought his casting was “unfortunate” because of his amateur performance.[63] In that same year, he starred in two more drama films, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues and Little Buddha, both of which garnered a mixed-to-negative reception.[64][65] The Independent critic gave Little Buddha a mixed review but opined that Reeves’s part as a prince was “credible”.[66] The film also left an impression on Reeves; he later said, “When I played this innocent prince who starts to suspect something when he has the first revelations about old age, sickness and death, it hit me. […] That lesson has never left me.”[67]
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