It’s a commanding return to a genre Reeves has always had success in. “I haven’t done that many action films,” he says, before admitting to a list of some of the most impactful action films in cinema, from Point Break and Speed to The Matrix.

Has the path to acting success changed much? Just how do you get there? Do you need the training? Do you pursue stage or screen? Do you pose for Playboy and check into rehab?

Laugh all you want at the leaked recording of Christian Bale freaking out at cinematographer Shane Hurlbutt on the set of Terminator: Salvation – Bale is an intense man. During the interview, he barely smiled, staring at the table or into his hands, barely masking disdain for the whole press junket process and looking like he’d rather be anywhere else.