Aziz Ansari gushes over ‘angelic’ Keanu Reeves

Aziz Ansari revealed that Keanu Reeves was his first choice to play a guardian angel in Good luck because she “has a reputation for being such a sweet, almost angelic figure.”

The 61-year-old actor stars in the new action comedy film, which tells the story of an angel who tries to show a struggling man that money can never guarantee happiness, and Aziz knew immediately that Keanu was perfect for the role.

He said The Hollywood Reporter: “He has the reputation of being such a sweet, almost angelic figure, and he also has this wisdom. If someone said to you, ‘Hey, you know Keanu is 3,000 years old,’ you’d go, ‘Such pieces,’ he has that depth to him.”

“He’s also so funny in this movie. I looked at some of his earlier work, stuff he did on Bill Ted and Parenthood, and I took little bits of that and built this character and knocked it out of the park,” Aziz added.

Also, the Being Mortal The star revealed he had his own guardian angels to help him with his directorial debut, which also stars Seth Rogen, Keke Palmer and Sandra Oh.

He explained: “So many of my director friends… Spike Jones recommended Carter Barwell to me and he was such a nice guy.”

Aziz continued, “Steven Soderbergh watched an early cut of the film and gave me some very positive feedback that really lightened my heart after working so hard on the film.”

“When you’re in this job of directing and writing, you look up to your heroes. They’ve all been so good to me, so I feel like I owe them a shout out,” he said.

Aziz Ansari was also all praise for Seth, with whom he has previously worked in Funny people, take note and Reference and This is the end.

“He’s not just an actor in the movie, but he’s always thought about the movie as a whole and how we can make it better and he’s been so supportive of me. He’s one of the people who has achieved what we’re trying to do here in terms of making movies that people can enjoy and have that shared experience. So any of his guidance and wisdom.”