Our philanthropic king!
franchise, written and directed by The Wachowskis, Keanu was reportedly given an upfront payment of $10 million which, following the film’s wild box office success , later increased to $45 million. But that crazy amount of cash didn’t sit in his bank account for long. Nope, the philanthropic actor donated $31.5 million of it to a Leukaemia research charity.
It was a move made in honour of his sister Kim, who had been fighting blood cancer for eight years whenhit theatres. He also sold his home to move closer to her, requested that the filming of the movie’s sequels be delayed, and gave Kim $5 million to fund treatment. She made a full recovery in 2001. sequels so the stunt and special effects teams could make more money. He then gave a dozen stuntmen who worked onHis charity work is famously far more low-key than his peers.
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