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Keanu Reeves back for Bill & Ted 3

Keanu Reeves launched his career playing bodacious teen Ted from Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure in 1989 – but now he’s almost 50 the actor is reprising the role that first made him famous.

Keanu Reeves was made famous by Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure

Keanu (47) has revealed details about his role in the new Bill and Ted 3 movie, 21 years after follow-up Bill & Ted’s Bogus Adventure came out. The actor revealed to GQ magazine that he is teaming up with his co-star Alex Winter and already has plot outlined.

“We have a nice story. We’ll see if anyone else wants to make it,” he says. The Matrix star say the story will focus on how the duo are coping as middle-aged men. “The guys have just drifted off into esoterica and lost their rock,” says Keanu.

Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter have stayed friends through the years

Although his career skyrocketed after Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Keanu has stayed good friends with Alex over the years. Sources say he signed up to the project to help Alex whose career has flailed since the 1980s.

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