r/KeanuBeingAwesome • u/maddabar Johnny Utah • 17d ago

'Even the Way He'd Rejected Me Was Charming': Keanu Reeves Crush Recalled by Co-Star of 39-Year-Old Film

https://www.cbr.com/keanu-reeves-ione-skye-rivers-edge/
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u/fenuxjde 17d ago

She was 15/16 during filming. He was 22.

He did the right thing, as expected.

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u/redundanthero 16d ago

As a mid-30s, straight male, I'm left wondering if I can love another man any more than I do.

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u/softstones 16d ago

I’m pretty lovable

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u/badaimbadjokes 15d ago

You are, indeed.

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u/FamousAmos87 17d ago

Oh yeah, I think that was some important context that the article left out. SMH.

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u/ComaeBerenices 16d ago

the more i read about him, the more i'm convinced that he is the perfect human being

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u/BackwardsPageantry Ted 17d ago

Even as a young man, his head was on straight. Thanks for being a good dude in an industry seemingly devoid of them.

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u/baronspeerzy 17d ago

Those excerpts read like bad erotica. Never seen that in a memoir before.

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u/Denverdogmama 16d ago

It just came out a couple of weeks ago. Ione is very open and honest about her sexuality. She was motivated to write the book because a podcast episode about Anthony Keidis’s memoir kept talking about their relationship (she was 16, he was 24 when they started dating) and wondering why her mom supported it. Spoiler alert- her mom was not supportive of the relationship at all.

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u/Woyaboy 16d ago

Oh shit! I always wondered what happened to her.

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u/Denverdogmama 15d ago

She was married to Ad-Rock in the early 90’s, and she is currently married to Ben Lee and they live in Australia. As a fan (is there a gen-Xer who doesn’t love Say Anything?) I really did enjoy her memoir.

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u/DecoyOctopod 15d ago

I haven’t thought of Ben Lee or Ione Skye in 20 years but that makes younger me happy

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u/Adaminium 15d ago

I always felt that River’s Edge portrayed the darker lonely side of Gen X really well.

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u/Blabulus 15d ago

I wouldve tried, too!

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u/Jlx_27 14d ago

Reeves W, as always.

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u/awesometune 15d ago

she's a sex ofender!

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u/mattadactyl 15d ago

No, that would be Anthony Keidis (she was 16/ he was 24).