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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: This A-List Superstar Almost Used the Stage Name Chuck Spadina · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood. When I say Keano, how many of
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  Speaker 1: you listening instantly think of one person? Well, it turns
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  Speaker 1: out if things had played out a little differently, nobody
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  Speaker 1: would think of Keanu Reeves because the mega star revealed
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  Speaker 1: on the New Heights podcast he almost changed his name
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  Speaker 1: at the dawn of his acting career, saying, I got
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  Speaker 1: my first acting paycheck when I was like sixteen, so
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  Speaker 1: I was a professional actor. But I was still in
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  Speaker 1: Toronto until I saw a manager who lived in Los Angeles.
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  Speaker 1: At twenty, I drove to La, got out of my car,
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  Speaker 1: and first thing my manager said was we want to
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  Speaker 1: change your name. That sure was a welcome to Hollywood moment.
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  Speaker 1: My middle name is Charles, and I grew up on
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  Speaker 1: a Spadina Street, so I considered Chuck Spadina, but instead
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  Speaker 1: I became k c Reeves. Six months later, I decided
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  Speaker 1: I'm not doing this. Keano was actually credited as Ksey
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  Speaker 1: Reeves in a nineteen eighty six Disney movie made for TV.
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  Speaker 1: For his latest film, Good Fortune, he's thankfully credited as
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  Speaker 1: a good old Keano and it's out now. That's direct
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  Speaker 1: from Hollywood.