Keanu Reeves admits he 'didn't write any' of his new novel and reveals he cried with joy after reading the first draft by China Mieville By Laura Parkin For Mailonline Published: 06:39 EDT, 23 July 2024 | Updated: 06:43 EDT, 23 July 2024 e-mail View comments Keanu Reeves has admitted that he 'didn't write any' of his new novel as he recalled 'crying' after reading it for the first time. The actor, 59, teamed up with British 'weird fiction' author China Miéville for The Book of Elsewhere, which is inspired by his own BRZRKR comic series. Explaining why he chose to let his collaborator write the story, Keanu revealed he got emotional when his favourite author handed him a copy.
Speaking in an interview with The Guardian newspaper, he said: 'I didn’t want to write the book. I wanted another creator to take that journey. So, ultimately, China has written the novel.
I didn’t write any of the novel.' The book which was released on July 23, tells the tale of an immortal warrior who spends millennia trying to understand his own immortality. Keanu Reeves, 59, has admitted that he 'didn't write any' of his new novel as he recalled 'crying' after reading it for the first time (pictured inn May 2023) The actor teamed up with British 'weird fiction' author China Miéville (pictured) for The Book of Elsewhere, which is inspired by his own BRZRKR comic series The pair first met face-to-face in Berlin in 2021, and went through China's first draft in a series of Zoom meetings, with the.