How Keanu Reeves Rescued ‘Fast & Furious' Director's New Movie
Justin Lin needed saving when his new movie, Last Days, ran into serious financial trouble.
Directed by Lin, the movie is based on a magazine article, 'The Last Days of John Allen Chau,' and follows a missionary trying to make contact with the Sentinelese, a secluded tribe living on an island in the Indian Ocean.
Speaking at the Sundance Film Festival with The Wrap, Lin recounted how Keanu Reeves of all people brought his movie back from the brink. According to the director it 'fell apart' and then he received a call from the John Wick actor asking how he could be of service.
'It was this one moment when everything fell apart,' Lin said. 'I think with all independent experiences you just don't know. It's a roller coaster. At that point, I thought it was all going to be done. We have angels along the way that come really help us.'Turns out one of those angels for Lin was the star of The Matrix.
'I got a call from Keanu Reeves who heard that we were having some problems and he said, 'Look, I want to help,' and it was really inspiring,' he said.
Reeves then proceeded to help get additional financing together to get the film finished. Despite his role, he won't have a producer credit on Last Days.
'I started meeting the best of humanity and all these people from around the world came and joined us,' Lin said. 'That's how we were able to get this film going.'
The movie stars Naveen William Sidney Andrews, Ciara Bravo, Radhika Apte, Ken Leung, and Sky Yang.
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