Matt Smith says he can’t believe Keanu Reeves watched the Sony-Marvel flop Morbius… but I absolutely can.
“Not f**king Morbius. My God, he must really have gone through the library to be getting to that. He must have been having a moment,” Smith said on an episode of Brittany Broski’s Royal Court, after Broski told him Reeves was reportedly seen watching the movie on a flight.
Before expressing his disbelief, Smith sang the actor’s praises: “I love Keanu Reeves… what a movie star. And [he] just looks like an angel, you know what I mean? Like if you were to get a guardian angel in life, please God, let it be Keanu Reeves.”
The 2022 movie follows Michael Morbius (Jared Leto) and his surrogate brother Milo (Smith) as they search for a cure for their rare blood disease. Morbius develops and takes the cure and immediately becomes a living vampire. He refuses to give it to Milo, who takes it anyway and becomes super evil (and does a fun little evil dance in one scene). The film earned $167.5 million worldwide against a budget of 83 million, and currently sits at 15% on Rotten Tomatoes (though the audience score is a much higher 71%).
Morbius went viral for being bad – so bad, in fact, that they decided to capitalize on the memes and re-release it in theaters for a short time. I’m not surprised that Reeves decided to check it out on a long flight, especially given his penchant for action-horror comic books (of which he’s penned a few).
Morbius is streaming now on Disney Plus. For more, check out the full list of upcoming Marvel movies in the works.
