Meet Keanu Reeves’ glamorous English mum Patricia Taylor – who barely seems to age: the showgirl-turned costume designer styled Dolly Parton’s 1978 Playboy outfit, and she hangs out with Winona Ryder

As Keanu Reeves teases a Constantine comeback, it\’s not just the 60-year-old actor who miraculously hardly seems to age: meet his talented and beautiful mother, Patricia Taylor

Keanu Reeves is teasing the possibility of a
Constantine
sequel.

The 60-year-old actor
– who played John Constantine in the 2005 original – recently admitted that the sequel was finally ready for a script. \”We have been trying to make this film for over a decade, and we just recently put a story together and pitched it to DC Studios and they said, \’OK.\’ So we\’re going to try and write a script,\” the
John Wick
The star informed Inverse that the new project will take place within the same universe as the initial production. He further elaborated, saying, \”John Constantine is slated to endure even greater torment.\”


Keanu Reeves\’ success in Hollywood continues to soar and shows no indication of waning anytime soon. However, how much do you know about his impressive 81-year-old mother, Patricia Taylor, who also had a presence in the entertainment industry?


Patricia Taylor is English

Taylor was born in 1944 in Hampshire, England. Reeves has mentioned before how his mother instilled proper English etiquette in him. He said, \”These values have become such an integral part of me that they come naturally now.\”
Good Morning Britain
in 2015.


She met Keanu Reeves\’ father in Beirut

Reeves\’ parents crossed paths when they were both in Beirut in their early 20s, notes People magazine. \”My mother and father were like 22, 21,\”
The Matrix
In an episode of the Conversations with Charlie podcast, Star shared, “They met, fell in love, and I came along as their child. After staying there for several months, we moved to Australia,” he recounted.


Keanu\’s dad—who had roots in both China and Hawaii—ultimately returned to Hawaii, whereas Keanu, along with his sister and mom, moved to New York before settling in Toronto, according to People magazine.


She has been wedded four occasions.


Taylor has had four marriages throughout her lifetime.
Reeves
Keanu Reeves attributed his mother\’s second spouse, filmmaker Paul Aaron, for backing him during his formative years in the industry. He mentioned this on The Conversations with Charlie podcast. \”We were connected for several years before maintaining our relationship,\” Reeves stated. \”He played a role in acquainting me with the entertainment world. When I was about 15, I worked as a production assistant on one of his made-for-TV movies.\”


She worked in the entertainment world

Taylor started out as a showgirl in Paris, per People, before becoming a fashion designer who made stage costumes for some of music\’s biggest stars – from
Dolly Parton
to Anne Murray. In fact, she was even behind the iconic bunny suit Parton wore for her 1978 Playboy cover.

\”I put on the ears and the bustier,\” Reeves told Jada Pinkett Smith on
Red Table Talk
Years afterward, reminiscing about the moment when he put on the same attire for Halloween again, he recalled, \”I paired the look with sneakers and fishnet stockings along with the bow tie. My hair was quite lengthy back then, and overall, I resembled Dolly Parton’s Playboy Bunny.\”

Taylor would often spend time with her son as well.
Destination Wedding
co-star
Winona Ryder
According to photographer Robert Rich, there was an unforgettable day devoted to capturing images of the
Beetlejuice
actress involved her and
Kate Moss
Messing around with Taylor in the basement of a Marc Jacobs store alongside the designer himself. \”We spent all day there. Kate was altering gowns on Winona, turning them into mini dresses. It was such an enjoyable time,\” he recounted to Vanity Fair.


She\’s close to her son

It\’s clear that Taylor is close with her son, as she\’s been spotted supporting him at high-profile events on numerous occasions over the years – from the 2020 Oscars to the 2006 premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures\’
The Lake House
And it\’s evident that Reeves has gotten his youthful looks from his mother since she appears hardly aged when comparing photographs from the past two decades.


Although Reeves enjoys a strong bond with his mother, he did not share the same close relationship with his late father, who passed away in 2018 at the age of 76, according to People magazine.

The last reported conversation between Reeves and his father occurred when he was 13 years old. In response to a question from The Guardian in 2019 about whether it was challenging to grow up without a father, the actor stated: “I believe it was certainly traumatizing. However, it’s tough to determine its impact since I can’t know what my life might have been like otherwise; does that make sense?”

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