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James Morris

Keanu Reeves hailed as he joins passengers on 100-mile minibus journey after plane's emergency landing

A still of Keanu Reeves in the cab regaling passengers with facts about Bakersfield (Picture: @freebrianrea/Instagram)

Plane passengers have hailed actor Keanu Reeves after he joined them on a 100-mile minibus journey following an emergency landing.

The Los Angeles-bound plane from San Francisco was forced to land in Bakersfield.

But, rather than resorting to prima donna behaviour that would sadly be expected of many a Hollywood megastar, the 54-year-old star took a lead in organising road transport to their destination.

After posing for pictures with fans at the airport, the Point Break and Matrix actor hopped into one of the cabs and enthusiastically regaled passengers with useful facts and trivia about Bakersfield.

Brian Rea shot a video of him saying: “Its population is around 380,000, making it the ninth most populous city in California and the 52nd most populous city in the nation.”

With passengers’ nerves possibly still jangling from the emergency landing, he also helped out by playing relaxing country music on his phone.

During the road trip, the actor stopped off to pick up a bottle of the Gatoraid energy drink, some water and a banana.

Mr Rea, who posted the videos on Instagram, hailed the “adventure” with “one of the great humanitarians (and favourite actors) of our time”.

He added: “All the passengers were incredibly kind and lovely people.”

Mr Reeves was fresh from his joint announcement with Alex Winter that they will start filming a third Bill and Ted movie in the summer.

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