An emotional Keanu Reeves delivered a beautiful speech honoring his late John Wick costar Lance Reddick.
At the 51st Saturn Awards on Sunday, Reeves accepted the inaugural Lance Reddick Legacy Award, which symbolizes and celebrates not only a performer's talent but also their character, and spoke dearly of his friend who died of heart disease in March of last year.
He began:
"My gratitude and appreciation to the Saturn Awards for recognizing and honoring the warm, beautiful spirit and exceptional artist that is Lance Reddick and for honoring me with the inaugural Lance Reddick Legacy Award."
Holding back tears, Reeves continued:
"For over 25 years, Lance made an imprint and raised the bar in every work of art and genre he was in, not only with his performance but with the man he was."
He finished:
“He was kind, generous, creative, insightful, authentic. He had a special grace... strength... along with a vulnerability that drew us in, supported us, inspired us."
"He had a fire. Creative fire. A light from within him that could not be denied."
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Viewers of the speech agreed with every one of Reeves' thoughtful words.
Many commended the actor for honoring Reddick with such a poignant message and congratulated him on his well-deserved award.
Reeves also spoke with Entertainment Tonight about the significance of the award, telling them:
"It's the Lance Reddick Legacy Award, and so I'm very honored for that."
"He's such a remarkable person and such a remarkable artist. You can see over 25 years he gave such amazing performances and groundbreaking television shows. He did voice, he did like animation, cinema, television, video games, he just did it all."
"Obviously he passed away too soon."
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