Keanu Reeves rides again in Matrix 4 movie
The fourth installment of the Matrix movie franchise sees Keanu Reeves again riding with co-star Carrie Ann Moss
KEANU REEVES and Matrix 4 co-star, Carrie Ann Moss, has been spotted shooting a scene for the latest Matrix 4 film, this time riding a Ducati Scrambler.
The pictures show the duo riding two-up on a modified Ducati Scrambler Pro that is being pulled by a special filming rig during filming for the upcoming film.
The bike used looks to be the 1100 Pro variant of Ducati’s modern-classic Scrambler range, although there are a few changes between the stock bike and the one used in filming. For a start, all the front brakes have been removed, probably not down to the machine being used for flat-tracking and more to do with ensuring it can be fixed to the mobile filming rig safely.
The eagle-eyed among you will also notice the machine has lost its high-level end cans in favour of a low-level megaphone item. Again, this is probably more for practicality reasons than styling – Reeves' character, Neo, frequently wears long coats which wouldn’t look good getting burnt by the bike’s exhaust.
The Matrix films have a long history of featuring bikes, namely Ducatis in them. In the Matrix Reloaded, Moss’ character Trinity took to riding a Ducati 996 in one of the big-budget blockbuster’s chase scenes. Ducati released a limited edition replica of the machine used in the film in 2004, the 998 Matrix Reloaded, one of which Keanu is reported to still own.
Matrix 4 is still undergoing filming in the US and Europe and is thought to be landing in cinemas in the spring next year.
Simon (AKA Toad) has been working within the motorcycle industry for more than twelve years, and a member of the motorcyclist family since birth. Growing up around British-built single and twins, it was inevitable that a life on two wheels was on the cards, from a very early age!
