Keanu Reeves’ profound take on life and death leaves internet speechless. ‘He could easily pick up Mjolnir,’ say fans

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Updated: May 13, 2019 21:10 IST

Keanu Reeves may have solved one of the most mind-boggling mysteries of life on Stephen Colbert's show, leaving the host speechless in the process, which is a rare sight. The actor made an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and discussed his upcoming Bill & Ted Face The Music, the long-awaited third film in the franchise.

Reeves and Alex Winter are reprising their roles as Theodore 'Ted' Logan and William 'Bill' S Preston Esq, respectively for the new film. William Sadler will reprise his role as Death.

Talking about the movie, Reeves said, the duo are trying to write a song to save the entire universe. If they fail, "it's the end of the universe," the actor said, as quoted by Huffington Post. To which Colbert said, "You're facing your own mortality and the mortality of all existence, wow." The host then asked, "What do you think happens when we die, Keanu Reeves?" - a question that elicited laughter from the studio audience.

Keanu Reeves gives the right answer to an impossible question. pic.twitter.com/hQAgaaGSEY — laney (@misslaneym) May 11, 2019

Reeves took his time, exhaled and gave an answer that is going viral on social media for all the right reasons: "I know that the ones who love us will miss us." Both Colbert and the audience struggled to find words.

A while later, the audience reacted with a collective "awww" and Colbert simply mouthed "wow" as he reached over to shake the actor's hand.

See more reactions here:

Ironic because Keanu Reeves is immortal pic.twitter.com/FuFo67GnHO — Jidder Bug (@YatesDotcom) May 12, 2019

I can’t think of another celebrity who’s had a more heartbreaking past than Keanu Reeves. — Brian Albert (@BrianAlbert22) May 12, 2019

I’ve never seen Colbert speechless. What an unexpectedly poignant answer from an incredible individual! — V’s Holy Trinity ~ Heart, Talent and Beauty (@TrinitySky5) May 12, 2019

Stephen Colbert lost his father and 2 of his brothers in a plane crash when he was 10 years old. In this moment, I really felt like he was thinking of them. — Dana Melton (@DeadChuffed) May 12, 2019

Keanu has also lost a lot of family throughout his life, safe to say they both know the struggle and pain of it. They definitely have a strong connection in that matter — Convell (@Convell4) May 12, 2019

Keanu Reeves could easily pick up Mjolnir. — LA (@lancelotaustin) May 12, 2019

We don't deserve Keanu. — Geraldine (@everywhereist) May 12, 2019

Several people on Twitter pointed out the underlying gravity of Keanu’s words. The actor lost his longtime partner, Jennifer Syme, in a car crash in 2001. In 1999, she’d given birth eight months into her pregnancy to Ava Archer Syme-Reeves, who was stillborn. Others also pointed out that Colbert had lost loved ones tragically, too.

Keanu will be seen in the third chapter of the John Wick series, John Wick 3: Parabellum, this Friday.

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