>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WE'RE BACK WITH KEANU REEVES!
THE LAST FEW FILMS THAT YOU'VE DONE "BILL AND TED," "JOHN
WICK," NOW "MATRIX," THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, RETURNING TO
CHARACTERS THAT YOU'VE PLAYED BEFORE, WHICH I ASSUME IT FORMS
A NOSTALGIA AND IT'S PLEASURE.
IS THERE A CHARACTER YOU'VE PLAYED BEFORE THAT YOU WOULD
LIKE TO PLAY AGAIN THAT NO ONE IS ASKING YOU TO?
AND KEEP IN MIND, WHEN YOU SAY THIS, SOMEONE WILL THEN ASK YOU
TO.
>> THAT'S NOT TRUE.
>> Stephen: WHO'S NOT GOING TO WANT KEANU REEVES TO BE IN
ANOTHER KEANU REEVES MOVIE?
>> BECAUSE THAT HAPPENS.
>> Stephen: WHAT?
I WOULD LOVE TO PLAY JOHN CONSTANTINE FROM THE
CONSTANTINES.
>> Stephen: GREAT FILM.
LOVE THAT.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ARE YOU SAYING YOU ARE WILLING
TO PLAY JOHN CONSTANTINE AGAIN ON NATIONAL TELEVISION WITH THE
PROSPECT THAT STEPHEN COLBERT MUST HAVE A GUEST STARRING ROLE?
>> NICE.
( LAUGHTER ) IS THAT THAT NO ONE WOULD MAKE
THAT MOVIE?
>> I'VE TRIED, STEPHEN.
( AUDIENCE REACTS ) >> Stephen: IF YOU GET IT
MADE, CAN I PLAY A RELUCTANT DEMON WHO DOESN'T WANT TO MESS
WITH JOHN CONSTANTINE, BUT IT'S HIS NATURE?
>> IT'S HIS NATURE!
>> Stephen: THAT'S ALL, I WANT TO HELP YO YOU, WE'RE FRIENDS!
>> WE'RE FRIENDS.
>> Stephen: WHAT AM I GOING TO DO IS THIS YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU,
WHICH I MEAN HATE YOU.
>> YEAH, IT'S A THIN LINE, ISN'T IT?
>> Stephen: BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: SO I'VE READ.
SO I'VE HEARD.
ANYWAY.
>> YEAH, I WOULD LOVE TO.
>> Stephen: YOU RECENTLY HAVE ADDED A NEW CREDIT TO YOUR NAME,
YOU ARE NOW A COMIC BOOK CREATOR.
( APPLAUSE ) TELL ME ABOUT BERSERKER.
>> YEAH, MAN, THANKS FOR ASKING.
THIS COMIC BOOK, YOU'RE HOLDING VOLUME ONE, WHICH IS THE FIRST
FOUR ISSUES OF THE FIRST ARC OF A TWELVE-ISSUE SERIES CALLED
BERSERKER, AND IT'S ABOUT A CHARACTER THAT WAS BORN 80,000
YEARS AGO WHO'S HALF A HUMAN AND HALF A GOD AND WHO'S KIND OF
CURSED WITH THE COMPULSION TO VIOLENCE.
>> Stephen: AND THERE IS A VERY INTERESTING ONE FRAME IN
HERE WHICH EVERYONE IS SAYING IS A REFERENCE TO YOU.
>> OH, THAT ONE.
>> Stephen: SO WE ALL ARE FAMILIAR.
WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH SAD KEANU.
>> I'M JUST EATING A SANDWICH!
>> Stephen: THERE'S A FRAME FROM BERSERKER.
( APPLAUSE ) >> OKAY, OKAY.
>> Stephen: SO YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY SAD IN SAD KEANU?
>> I WAS THINKING.
I HAD STUFF GOING ON.
I WAS HUNGRY.
( LAUGHTER ) YEAH, SO LIFE AND ART.
SO THAT SIMILAR LATER -- SO RON GARNY IS THE AMAZING ARTIST
WHO'S ILLUSTRATING AND DRAWING BERSERKER.
I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS GOING TO DO THAT BUT THAT'S WHAT HE DID SO I
THINK IT'S KIND OF META.
( LAUGHTER ) SO HE DECIDED TO TAKE, I BELIEVN
BE TRUE -- BUT HE TOOK THIS MOMENT, BECAUSE THE CHARACTER I
PLAY IN BERSERKER IS KIND OF WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT TO
HAPPEN BECAUSE HE'S BEING STUDIED BY THE AMERICAN
GOVERNMENT BLACK OPS PROGRAM TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHY HE'S
IMMORTAL, HOW DOES HE REGENERATE, AND I'M JUST TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO I EXIST AND HOW DO I END MY
IMMORALITY.
SO HE'S SITTING THERE, AND SO THE ARTIST KIND OF -- I THINK,
TOOK THAT MEME, WHATEVER THAT IS, THAT PHOTO, AND THEN PUT IT
INTO THE COMIC BOOK.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WE'VE GOT TO GO IN
A MOMENT.
I WANT TO ASK YOU, SPEAKING OF LIFE AND ART OR YOUR LIFE
REPRESENTED IN ART, WHY DO YOU THINK YOU'RE SO MEMABLE?
THERE ARE SO MANY KEANU REEVES MEMES OUT THERE.
>> I HAVE NO CLUE, SIR.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
REALLY.
>> Stephen: YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND?
BECAUSE YOU HAVE SUCH A DISTINCT CHARACTER OF YOUR OWN, AND
PEOPLE KIND OF LAY ON YOU MEMING.
>> MEME ON ME WHEN YOU'RE NOT STRONG ♪
♪ I'LL BE YOUR FRIEND ♪ ♪ I'LL HELP YOU CARRY ON ♪
♪ ♪ LEAN ON ME ♪
( APPLAUSE ) >> STEPHEN: THE MATRIX
RESURRECTION IS IN THEATERS AND ON HBO MAX ON DEC 22.
KEANU REEVES EVERYBODY WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY
BRETT ELDREDGE.