Bellucci Kisses Keanu. Again
Scifi.com — Monica Bellucci, who plays the new character Persephone in the upcoming Matrix Reloaded, told SCI FI Wire that a key scene required her to buss star Keanu Reeves (Neo).
It marked a reunion of sorts for Belucci and Reeves, who also shared a sensual scene in 1992′s Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
“I met Keanu a long time ago, eight, nine years ago, when I did Dracula, and I was still a model at the time,” the Italian actress said in an interview. “And also at the time I had to kiss him. So it’s incredible. Each time I meet him, I’ll be kissing him.”
In Reloaded, Bellucci plays a role named after a character in Greek mythology.
The original Persephone “was the daughter of the king of the gods and the goddess of fertility, Demeter. And she was kidnapped by the king of the underworld, Hades, to be his queen. And she was allowed to come back into the living world just part of the year.”
The myth informs her Matrix role, in which she plays the companion of an important and villainous character. She’s “like a woman who is between two worlds in some ways,” Bellucci said. “There is something really tragic, really sad about her, because she doesn’t have any feelings.”
The Matrix Reloaded opens May 15.
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