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‘Point Break’ Reboot Is On The Way

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Keanu Reeves' Best Memories From Filming 'Point Break'

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Get Me Two, Gary Busey -- Another Look Back on "Point Break"

“Celebrity Apprentice” star Gary Busey loves to improv – as evident from some of his most famous lines in “Point Break,” which he told Current are his own creation.
"I'm so hungry I could eat the ass end out of a dead rhino”? Improv.
“They vanish… like a virgin on prom night.” Improv.
“We were doing the scene in the FBI office,” Busey said, “and I had said it in rehearsal as a joke, and Keanu [Reeves] just came back at me with this Cheshire cat grin. There’s a bunch of lines I did like that, like adding 'squid brain,' but the improv I like the most in the movie is what Anthony Kiedis did, by shooting himself in the foot. That was a heck of an improv.”
Busey’s FBI agent Pappas had been pretending to search for his dog to gain entry to a house where some suspect surfers (including Kiedis) are hiding out. As the surfer gang realizes FBI agents are outside, they panic and start pulling out the guns, shooting at the agents, and in Kiedis' case, himself.
“Shooting that scene was never dull,” Busey said. “You never knew what it was going to come out like. There are a lot of great things in that scene. You’ve got the fight outside with the lawnmower, and the fight inside, with 10 or 11 people fighting at once. I loved the passion of it.”

The fight starts when Pappas shoves himself into a woman (played by Kimberly Martin) who had answered the door in her black thong, saying, “FBI, gorgeous!” He later has to shoot past her when she’s used as a body shield.
“That was fun,” Busey said. “I talked to her about it beforehand, so she knew I respected her. I asked, ‘Do you have brothers or sisters?’ ‘What did you want to be when you were 10?’ Those kinds of milestones help you know the way your world is, the way you see the world. And I made it up to her afterwards. How? I’ll leave that up to your imagination!”
Busey also loves the improv fight moves that happen when that scene is recreated on stage in “Point Break Live!” (where an audience member gets to play Johnny Utah). “They all have red water in their mouths so they can spit it out like blood,” he said. “And they got me in one of the performances. They gave me a gun so I could shoot everybody, and I went crazy! It was an amazing experience.”
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Keanu Reeves looks back on 'Point Break'

It’s been 20 years since Keanu Reeves became an action star with the surfers-turned-bank-robbers classic “Point Break” – to which Reeves says, “Fantastic!” (You were perhaps expecting a “Whoa!”?)
“Having the chance to do that kind of film, it was nice to have that chance,” Reeves told Current. “[Director] Kathryn Bigelow gave me my shot.”
Imagine how different the film would have been had Matthew Broderick or Johnny Depp (who were both considered) gotten the role of Johnny Utah. Instead, Reeves, fresh off "Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure," got the part of the rookie FBI agent, alongside Gary Busey and Patrick Swayze (“His support, and his life, he was inspiring,” Reeves said).

Their final scene together was originally shot with a more traditional ending – but was changed after testing with audiences and reshoot six months later. Both Swayze and Reeves had gone off to other projects and had changed their hairstyles -- Swayze had cut his for "City of Joy," Reeves had grown his out for the "Bill & Ted's" sequel. Luckily, it worked for the story, since Swayze's character had been in hiding, and Reeves' character had become disillusioned. Plus, it helped to show time had passed. After searching for him around the world for a year, Johnny finds Bodhi in Bells Beach, Australia, considers arresting him, but lets him go (again!).
“They wanted to complete a circle,” Reeves said. “It’s supposed to be Australia, and where did we shoot that? Northern Oregon. Patrick and I have this great ocean fight scene in the water, and I think it was 52 degrees, you know? And rain machines – good old fashioned movie making! Rain machines, cheaper location, cold water, new ending… ‘Vaya con dios. Vaya con dios.’”
When Bodhi realizes he’s surrounded, he tries to convince Johnny to release him for one last wave. “Look at it,” he pleads, referring to the monster swell behind him (actually the break from Waimea Bay in Hawaii's North Shore, not the mythical 50 Year Storm). “It’s an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, man. Just let me go out there. Let me get one wave before you take me. One wave. Where am I going to go, man? Cliffs on both sides. I’m not going to paddle to New Zealand!” (Especially not from Oregon). “My whole life has been about this moment, Johnny. Come on, compadre. Come on!”
Johnny uncuffs him, and Bodhi paddles away. When he’s chided that he let him go, Johnny says, “No, I didn’t,” as Bodhi wipes out, disappearing into the waves. It might be the first case of suicide-by-surf on film.
“I had so much fun making that film,” Reeves said. “Hopefully people still enjoy it.”
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Keanu Reeves Talks Romantic Robbery For "Henry's Crime"

In "Henry's Crime," Keanu Reeves reminds audiences that as much as he... more

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Keanu Reeves Talks Bank Robberies in "Henry's Crime," "Point Break"

Keanu Reeves didn't set out to rob a bank. Not really. It was all his... more

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Gary Busey on "Point Break" and Meatball Sandwiches

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Nick Frost on the Pleasures of "Point Break"

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Gary Busey Thankfully Sticks to Acting on "The Celebrity Apprentice"

On last week's Celebrity Apprentice, Gary Busey proved that it doesn't... more

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'Celebrity Apprentice' Gary Busey Makes Project-Management a No-Brainer

For his first few tasks on The Celebrity Apprentice, actor Gary Busey provided an... more

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Inappropriate Photoshop: Stephen Colbert

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Cupid's Ransom - The Perfect Valentine's Day Gift!

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Where Do You Want To Meet?

The Rotten Tomatoes Show asks... Where Do You Want To Meet? The Rotten Tomatoes... more

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Warner Brothers Pulls Out of Masters of the Universe & Point Break 2 is Dead?

Apparently the Masters of the Universe reboot and Point Break sequel may have been... more

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The Hurt Locker reviewed by The Rotten Tomatoes Show

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'Tank Girl' Star Accused Of Driving Tanked

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Point Break sequel in talks

The new film will take place 20 years after the disappearance of one of the criminal... more

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Point Break LIVE

Ode to the ridiculous- Point Break LIVE is just what it seems- a live action... more

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Point Break - Live on Stage!

Pure adrenaline, or whatever it is they said.

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