- Title: SOUTH KOREA: Keanu Reeves meets South Korean fans on the red carpet in Seoul
- Date: 24th April 2008
- Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) 21-YEAR-OLD CHO SUN-NA SAYING: "He's just so handsome. His look is indescribable. I even skipped the school to see him." REEVES ON STAGE AND FANS AROUND THE STAGE (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) 24-YEAR-OLD SHIN JOO-HEE SAYING: "I got his autograph on my mobile phone. Frankly, I never thought someone so handsome like him exists. He's incredibly good looking."
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- Story Text: Keanu Reeves visiting South Korea for the first time to promote his new movie "Street Kings" meets enthusiastic fans on the red carpet.
"Matrix" hero Keanu Reeves on Thursday (April 17) turned up for the premiere in Seoul of his latest Hollywood action movie, "Street Kings".
About a thousand fans gathered for the red carpet event of the new movie and welcomed the actor's first visit to South Korea. Reeves reciprocated the enthusiastic greeting by shaking hands with fans and signing autographs.
South Korean fans, who have waited so long his visit, couldn't hide their love to this international star.
"He's just so handsome. His look is indescribable. I even skipped the school to see him," said 21-year-old Cho Sun-na.
24-year-old Shin Joo-hee said: "I got his autograph on my mobile phone. Frankly, I never thought someone so handsome like him exists. He's incredibly good looking."
Los Angeles' mean streets get meaner than ever in "Street Kings," and little wonder considering its pedigree. The film is directed by David Ayer, who penned the dirty-cop movie "Training Day," and based on a script largely written by L.A.'s mad-dog crime novelist/moralist James Ellroy.
"Kings" is filled with bad people, bad cops and one almost absurdly idealistic cop, Keanu Reeves' Detective Tom Ludlow, who nevertheless breaks rule and heads without a moment's hesitation. The role and working with the LAPD gave Reeves a new found respect for those that protect and serve.
The rescue makes his boss look good, too, so Capt. Wander gets promoted, but not before Internal Affairs Capt. James Biggs played "House's" Hugh Laurie lets both men know he's got his eye on them.
More worrying is that Tom's former partner, Terrence Washington played by comedian Terry Crews, might have gone to Internal Affairs about some of the more troubling incidents of their time together.
When Washington is assassinated, Tom is implicated. But Wander and all the men in his unit keep telling Tom they've got his back. As much as he despised his former partner, Tom is enraged by his death. He joins the detective investigating the murder, Paul Diskant played by Chris Evans, to track down his killers. That investigation leads Tom into his own personal heart of darkness.
Evans said the mix of men, including rappers Common, and The Game, on set gave for a good time but when the cameras rolled everyone was back to business.
The movie opened in South Korean theatres on Thursday (April 17).
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