Keanu Reeves sat down with Esquire recently to discuss a variety of issues, including reports that he would join the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Fans have been clamoring for Reeves to join the MCU for years, and when the Marvel UK account wished Reeves a happy birthday on Twitter, fans’ hopes were revived as they searched for a deeper meaning.
“Isn’t it bigger than a universe? It’s almost like a multiverse. It’s a Marvel-verse,” Reeves joked when asked whether he would ever join the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the Esquire interview. “It would be an honor. There are some really amazing directors and visionaries, and they’re doing something no one’s really ever done. It’s special in that sense, in terms of the scale, the ambition, the production. So it would be cool to be a part of that.”
On the production side, Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige told comicbook that they’re looking for the perfect moment to introduce Reeves saying, “We talk to him for almost every film we make… I don’t know when, if, or ever he’ll join the MCU, but we very much want to figure out the right way to do it.”
The situation is looking bright, with a new wave of MCU arrivals and numerous classic Marvel characters waiting to make their movie debuts. Meanwhile, Reeves will reprise his role as Neo in The Matrix Resurrections next month for the first time in 15 years.