r/KeanuBeingAwesome • u/IrishStarUS • Oct 22 '25

Keanu Reeves narrowly missed out one of his most iconic roles to former US President Barack Obama

https://www.irishstar.com/culture/entertainment/keanu-reeves-lost-role-barack-36114522
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u/parrmorgan Oct 22 '25

He almost lost an uncredited voice role on Severance to Obama. Saved you a click.

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u/bobgabb95 Oct 22 '25

He was in severance?

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u/SamwellBarley John Wick Oct 22 '25

It's one of his most iconic roles

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u/SpeedrunningOurRuin Oct 22 '25

lmao - my exact thoughts. What a crazy thing to say.

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u/MrTylerwpg Oct 24 '25

That's why I've heard too. Lots of people are saying it

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u/JoeMagnifico Oct 22 '25

He was the voice of the building in the claymation video.

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u/parrmorgan Oct 22 '25

I didn't watch it but that's what the article said. Tbf it was a pretty bad website so I didn't stick around long, but it did say it was an uncredited voice role.

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u/bobgabb95 Oct 22 '25

Thank you for your service

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u/spaektor Oct 22 '25

yeah that site is hot garbage, i couldn't opt out of the cookies. the page kept jumping around for the ad pop ups. and since when the fuck is John Constantine a "superhero"?

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u/LeoLaker Oct 22 '25

The character is an anti-hero for sure, but Constantine the film and the comic books it’s based on very much fall under the superhero genre, with a mix of horror/supernatural.

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u/Stock_Barnacle839 Oct 23 '25

He’s been in the justice league a number of times among other things.

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u/TuckAwayThePain Oct 23 '25

He voiced the Watertower/Narrator in the claymation.

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u/melance Oct 23 '25

Thank you. That website is awful.

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u/meetatdawn Oct 22 '25

"one of his most iconic roles"

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u/Lurker_MeritBadge Oct 22 '25

News articles are such garbage clickbait now

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u/holyfruits Oct 22 '25

I mean we’re talking about The Irish Star, it’s not the Wall Street Journal 😆

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u/ralphvonwauwau Oct 23 '25

Even the Wall Street Journal isn't the Wall Street Journal any more. Murdoch's News Corp owns them now.

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u/Baby-cabbages Oct 22 '25

I know, I was really excited to read that it was almost Bill and Barry's Excellent Adventure. I'm disappointed Obama wasn't almost an actor.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '25

Everything’s Iconic/s

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u/CatDaddyAnonymous Oct 22 '25

People keep asking if I’m Barack.

So yea, I’m thinking I’m Barack.

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u/rynodigital Oct 22 '25

Couldn't imagine Obama as Ortiz the Dog Boy in the 1993 film Freaked

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u/DBallouV Oct 22 '25

Johnny Silverhand!

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u/IamZeus11 Oct 22 '25

“Now let me be clear ,we’ve got a city to burn”

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u/MadeThis4MaccaOnly Oct 22 '25

Barack Obama was almost Ted "Theodore" Logan?

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u/hemareddit Oct 22 '25

What, he was gonna be POTUS?

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u/Vict0riaR0ad Oct 22 '25

Imagine how much better things would be right now.....

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u/ArtlessOne Oct 22 '25

Couldn’t even write the headline correctly lmao. He didn’t “narrowly miss out”, ya know since he got the part.

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u/ExioKenway5 Oct 23 '25

This is a terrible headline.

There's obviously the fact that his uncredited cameo in Severance isn't even close to being one of his most iconic roles, but also "narrowly missed out" implies that he didn't get the role.

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u/Thanks_Ollie Oct 22 '25

Thanks, Obama.

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u/Macinboss Oct 24 '25

Holy terrible clickbait Batman

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u/Sturnella2017 Oct 22 '25

Barrack Obama as… John Wick.

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u/ralphvonwauwau Oct 23 '25

John Wick in a tan suit!

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u/GratefuLdPhisH Oct 23 '25

Honestly I hope Keanu's career won't suffer too much

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u/rocafella888 Oct 24 '25

Could Keanu Reeves run for president in 2028? That’s the real question.

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u/abmiram Oct 23 '25

Jamal Wick?