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Producer Alan Yang revealed how that first read-through with Reeves and Rogen went, and it left a big impression. “It’s kind of a wild idea to shoot for the stars and get Keanu for this part. I still remember our first really informal table read. I think maybe the hesitation for Keanu was that sort of like, ‘well, these guys live comedy, right, and I do comedy, but I do a lot of John Wick stuff and Matrix stuff.’ But he started doing the part and me and Seth are laughing and everything started clicking,” Yang said.
“Over the course of that read, Keanu was like, this is pretty fun. I just remember leaving that little table read, and Keanu got on his motorcycle and just rode away, and we’re like holy s***, that’s like the coolest guy in the world,” Yang said.
Once Ansari saw Reeves in the role, he knew he had to play Gabriel. “I was like, oh my God, this has to be Keanu, there’s no other person that can do this, and then you really start dialing in the characters for who the actors are,” Ansari said.
