Capelino News has posted a short report on Keanu’s time in St. Petersburg to film Siberia. Highlights are below:
- Colleagues that worked with him said that he is an incredibly humble man.
- He stayed in a suite at the Astoria, considered to be one of the finest hotels in St. Petersburg.
- He had breakfast and dinner at the hotel. He tried dumplings, pancakes and jelly at the hotel.
- On the set, he ate bananas and drank cokes.
- When weather problems arose on the set, he defused the situation and served as a valet.
- The party held for the organizers of the film was at a restaurant in the Haymarket area. They drank wine and champagne and ate strawberries and fish specialties.
- His colleagues gave him a copy of Pushkin’s verse novel Eugene Onegin after they learned he was studying the Russian language. They gave him an exclusive magnet that featured him on the background of The Church of the Savior on Blood.
