Jada Yuan interviewed Keanu Reeves at TIFF for Vulture. Keanu Reeves talks about his directing style, rusty fighting skills, and that crazy scream he does into the camera. After the interview was finished, Tiger mentioned this tidbit about the Keanu’s fight scene to the author:
“He tried so hard, he hurt himself — many, many times,” Chen told me after I spoke to Reeves. He did 90 percent of his fighting himself, without stunt doubles, according to Chen, and lost both big toenails, wrapped them, and kept going. “We both hitting each other pretty hard,” said Chen. “Yeah, I’m impressed. All my chest is getting bruised with his punch.”
The entire piece is here.