Keanu Reeves Donates 70% of Matrix Proceeds

Keanu Reeves, one of the most sympathetic names in the film industry, managed to make his name known to the whole world, especially with The Matrix series. But Reeves, besides his acting humility He managed to win the admiration of many people with his calm demeanor. Today, there has been a development that will attract Reeves fans even more.

According to the news made by the New York Post, Keanu Reeves donated the majority of his income from the 1999 movie The Matrix, in which he starred, to cancer research. According to this claim made by Lad Bible, Reeves, who earned a total of 45 million dollars from The Matrix (only his first movie), paid 70% of this money, namely $31.5 million to leukemia research forgiven.

At the time of Keanu Reeves’ donation, his sister had been battling leukemia for 8 years.

Whether Keanu Reeves made such a donation or not will not be confirmed unless it is announced by him, but it is not unexpected for Reeves to donate such a large amount. Because at that time, Reeves’ sister, Kim Reeves, when her brother made the donation in question. He had been fighting leukemia for 8 years.

Reeves continued to donate to research after his brother Kim managed to beat cancer. So much so that he even established a private foundation that operated secretly from everyone for a long time. Reeves spoke about this foundation for the first time in 2009. It has been operating for 5-6 yearsHe had stated that he had helped several children’s hospitals and cancer research.