Regarding the crazy, widespread Internet phenomenon "Sad Keanu" has become, the "Matrix" actor recently told New York magazine that he'd seen the original photo, but not the millions of pieces of fan art that followed.
"That's funny!" he said upon hearing about his new "fame." "So they like take paparazzi pictures and re-contextualize them? Funny."
Keanu went on to say that given the breadth of what could be written or created about him, the internet meme sounded pretty tame.
"Well, it sounds like harmless, good clean fun," he said. "I haven't seen them. But given the scope and scale of what can happen out there,that sounds like an all right one. It sounds conceptually funny."
You're taking over the Internet. Have you seen all the "Sad Keanu" stuff out there?
My publicist showed me the photo, but no.
There's not one photo. There are millions. You're Photoshopped next to kittens and into Pulp Fiction and next to the cast of The Breakfast Club, and in a million different ways. Have you seen those?
Oh, that's funny! No, no, I haven't seen them.
There are millions, really. Google "Sad Keanu." You haven't?
[Laughs.] No.
Seriously, though, this is one of the reasons I think one of the big appeals of you as an actor is that people are always straining to figure out what's on your mind, what you're thinking, why you're sad … There's thousands of people doing this.
Wow. So, what, now they're putting me next to other objects?
Yes! For instance, right now I'm looking at you in some Banksy graffiti,you next to a panda.
That's so funny.
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