Sandra Bullock jokes Keanu Reeves ‘wouldn’t shut up’ on ‘Speed’ set as they reunite for 30th anniversary
nypost.comKeanu Reeves joined Sandra Bullock to lead a 30th anniversary screening of their 1994 action thriller “Speed” at the historic Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood on Tuesday.The screening united the stars in a Q&A with “Speed” director Jan de Bont as part of Beyond Fest 2024.
The event ends this week after a two-week spree of screenings and guest appearances, among them Al Pacino, Kyle MacLachlan, Sarah Paulson and Ron Perlman.At the sold-out Egyptian, delighted “Speed” fans and industry types cheered as Reeves, playing LAPD SWAT officer Jack Traven, and Bullock as “wildcat” Annie, foil a psychotic extortionist, played by a brilliantly deranged Dennis Hopper, who holds the city to ransom with bomb plants.
In particular, one is located on a Santa Monica city bus: if the bus slows below 50 miles per hour it’ll explode.When asked if they knew what they had in this much-loved film back then, Reeves replied: “We knew we were doing something wacky.” Bullock, a relative unknown at the time, chimed in, “I was just happy to be along.
I was new to the game.” She later added: “I knew it was real when we were smashing into things.”Bullock, who drives the bomb-rigged bus in the film, quipped, “You needed a woman behind the wheel to make it successful.”She also self-effacingly deferred to Reeves’ then greater star power, saying that if an accident occurred during the action scenes the news headlines would have read, “Actor dies during stunt in Keanu Reeves movie.”As for the prop the “Gravity” actress remembers most? “A folding chair and a paper plate,” Bullock, 60, mused, which was used for the steering wheel.
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