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Keanu Reeves Says He Briefly Used Stage Name 'KC Reeves' After Manager Pushed for Change

The podcast recollection surfaces alongside public denials of recent wedding rumors with Alexandra Grant.

Overview

  • On the Oct. 15 New Heights podcast, Reeves recalled arriving in Los Angeles at 20 and being told by his manager to change his name.
  • He considered alternatives such as Chuck Spadina and Templeton Paige Taylor before testing the initials-based moniker KC Reeves.
  • He was credited as KC Reeves in an early 1986 Disney TV movie but abandoned the alias after about six months because it did not feel authentic.
  • Reeves reverted to his given name before early high-profile credits including Dangerous Liaisons and Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure.
  • Separately, speculation that he married Alexandra Grant was rejected by his publicist and dismissed by Grant on Instagram as false.