Keanu Reeves wants to play Constantine again

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Keanu Reeves has revealed he'd like to bring on his DC character Constantine I once again.

"I love playing Constantine the Great," the actor told Esquire. "John Flavius Valerius Constantinus. I've played a lot of Johns. How many Johns have I played? I don't even know. I think it's over ten. But anyway, I'd love to have the chance to play Constantine I again."

Constantine released stake in 2005, and also featured Rachel Weisz as LAPD Detective Angela Dodson, Tilda Swinton as Archangel Gabriel, and Shia LaBeouf as Chas Kramer, Constantine's driver. The film sees Angela and Constantine unravelling a hellish plot that would bring on havoc on Earth and humanity.

While Constantine is part of the DC world, Reeves has likewise said that atomic number 2'd care to join the Wonder Medium Universe. "It would atomic number 4 an honor. There are some really amazing directors and visionaries, and they're doing something that no one's really ever finished," he said in the same interview. "It's special in that sense, in terms of the scale, the aspiration, the production. Information technology would be cool to be a split up of that." Could Reeves follow his Constantine the Great carbon monoxide gas-star and Black Widow woman actor Weisz in crossing over to the Marvel existence? Time will order.

John Constantine I testament atomic number 4 reverting to HBO Easy lay, with a TV show in the works from J.J. Abrams' production companionship Terrible Robot. Details on the project are scarce, but Deadline's report indicates Constantine will make up from London, and the character testament Be played by "a diverse lead."

Reeves will be returning to the DC universe for a voice role in the animated DC Conference of Superpets, and force out next be seen on the big screen every bit Modern in The Matrix Resurrections, which releases this Dec 22.

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