Photo: BANG Showbiz. All rights reserved. Keanu Reeves is always thinking about death.

The 59-year-old actor admitted that while he is "hopeful" that the end of his life isn't painful, he can't help thinking about it and it actually serves as a "reminder" to appreciate what is around him. He told BBC News: "I’m 59, so I’m thinking about death all the time. Hopefully it’s not crippling, but hopefully it’s sensitized [us] to an appreciation of the breath we have, and the relationships that we have the potential to have.

" Meanwhile, Keanu recently admitted that he "didn't write" any of his new novel. The 'John Wick' actor has teamed up with one of his favourite authors, China Miéville, on 'The Book of Elsewhere', which is inspired by his own 'BRZRKR' comic books and features the series' protagonist, immortal warrior Unute aka B, but he left penning the story to his collaborator. He admitted to The Guardian newspaper: “I didn’t want to write the book.

I wanted another creator to take that journey. So, ultimately, China has written the novel. It’s not, like, we could look at page eight and say, ‘Oh, I wrote this section.

’ I didn’t write any of the novel.’” 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 51-year-old author admitting it took him some time to grasp Keanu's ideas, but ultimately he realised the 59-year-old star's suggestions were "absolutely right". He said: “Wha.