23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Meet Keanu Reeves' glamorous English mum Patricia Taylor – who barely seems to age: the showgirl-turned costume designer styled Dolly Parton's 1978 Playboy outfit, and she hangs out with Winona Ryder
Keanu Reeves is teasing the possibility of a Constantine sequel.
Keanu Reeves has teased a sequel to the cult hit Constantine.
The 60-year-old actor – who played John Constantine in the 2005 original – recently admitted that the sequel was finally ready for a script. 'We have been trying to make this film for over a decade, and we just recently put a story together and pitched it to DC Studios and they said, 'OK.' So we're going to try and write a script,' the John Wick star told Inverse. He confirmed that it would be set in the 'same world' as the original production, before adding, 'John Constantine's going to be tortured even more.'
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Reeves' career in Hollywood has been phenomenal, to say the least – and it's not showing any signs of slowing down any time soon. But what do you know about his glamorous 81-year-old mother, Patricia Taylor – who also worked in the world of entertainment?
Patricia Taylor is English
Patricia Taylor started out as a showgirl in Paris. Photo: FilmMagic
Taylor was born in 1944, in Hampshire, England. Reeves has previously talked about how he was taught good English manners from his mother. 'It's so ingrained, it's now second nature,' he told Good Morning Britain in 2015.
She met Keanu Reeves' father in Beirut
Patricia Taylor is English, and gave birth to her son Keanu Reeves in Beirut.
Reeves' parents crossed paths when they were both in Beirut in their early 20s, notes People magazine. 'My mother and father were like 22, 21,' The Matrix star explained on the Conversations with Charlie podcast. 'So they met, they fell in love and they had a baby, and that was me. Then they stayed there for a few months and they ended up going to Australia,' he explained.
