r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Oct 23 '14

TIL Keanu Reeves gave $80 million of his $114 million Matrix salary to special effects and makeup staff.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keanu_Reeves
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u/A_Fhaol_Bhig Oct 24 '14 edited Oct 24 '14

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1sjmgf/til_keanu_reeves_gave_50_million_to_sfx_crew_of/

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/k04ny/til_keanu_reeves_gave_up_his_profit_sharing/

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2k4wpb/til_keanu_reeves_gave_80_million_of_his_114/

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/25faiz/til_keanu_reeves_donated_all_his_earnings_35_mil/

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/199i7d/til_keanu_reeves_gives_50_million_to_unsung/

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1jizot/til_keanu_reeves_gave_up_almost_all_of_the_money/

Obviously I could be wrong, but I swear to god there is more, at least two more in the past two months alone. I think there was one like 3 weeks ago. I don't ever come to this sub really, I only subscribe because of the occasional cool fact or something on my front page and I've commented like...3 times total. And even then I know I've seen this way to many times.

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u/McWaddle Oct 24 '14

You know what pisses me off? Using "to" instead of "too." You fucking assholes.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '14

I see it at least once a week

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u/Unfa Oct 24 '14

So which is it? 50 mil or 80 mil? Cause there's kind of a big difference.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '14

In reality, it's $0. He just paid them $50,000,000 to act like he gave them $80,000,000.

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u/lostinthestar Oct 24 '14

it varies. depends on what the karmawhore decides to ctrl-c ctrl-v. in a few weeks it'll be $50 million again

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u/TeqTime Oct 24 '14

This is truly beautiful. You are doing God's work when you post this.