While filming Bill & Ted Face the Music in July 2019, Reeves and other cast members came across a house with a banner reading “You’re Breathtaking” and “Mini Keanu”, two memes that had come out of Reeves’s appearance at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2019 for the game Cyberpunk 2077. Reeves took time to sign the banner, and talk to the family.[310] Business Insider reported that the actor’s fans were quick to praise him in response to the incident, calling him “good guy Keanu” and lauding him as “the best human on the planet”.[311]
Reeves appeared on Forbes’ annual Celebrity 100 list in 2001 and 2002, at number 36 and 49, respectively.[312][313] In 2005, Reeves received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the motion picture industry.[314] In 2016, The Hollywood Reporter calculated that Reeves had earned $250 million for The Matrix franchise, making him one of the highest-paid actors.[315] In 2020, The New York Times ranked him at number four on its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century.[316]
