Actor Keanu Reeves plays catch with a 9-year-old boy from Houston

HOUSTON, Texas – For one Houston boy, a few minutes of catching a ball turned out to be some of the best moments of his life – all because of who he got to play with.

Actor and musician Keanu Reeves was recently in town for a concert with his band and took a few minutes to play soccer with 9-year-old Elijah.

Elijah’s grandmother, Annette Cruz, loves to go where celebrities go.

“I love to fish, it’s like fishing to me,” Cruz said.

She said she has met more than 100 celebrities, including Kevin Hart, Jeremy Renner and Post Malone.

Last week she decided to go “fishing” again to see if she could see the John Wick actor, but this time her grandchildren came to see if Reeves would sign their gift. They waited for him and his band to arrive at the House of Blues, although the boys didn’t recognize him at first.

“He kind of came out, and I didn’t expect his hair to be a little gray,” said Caleb, Elijah’s older brother. “I knew he had long hair, but I didn’t expect it to be white.”

But once they found the superstar, Caleb and Elijah asked him for his signature and something else.

“And when I got his signature, and my brother got his signature, I asked him if he could play catch with me,” Elijah said. “I asked him the first time, and he mumbled something. But I I didn’t hear.” so I asked him again and he said, “Yes, let’s go.”

Over the next 30 seconds, Elijah tossed a soccer ball to the Replacement defender.

“I was very nervous because I was playing catch with a famous superstar,” he said.

For Elijah, it was the best 30 seconds of his life.

“Best moment,” he said.

“I was surprised he did it, and then he said, ‘Hey, he’s got a great spiral.’ I’m like, thank you. I said, ‘He’ll remember this day forever,'” Cruz said.

And while Caleb didn’t play catch, he did have his own special moment with the Speed ​​hero as they both posed for a selfie.

“I asked if I could take a picture and then my brother got to play catch with him,” Caleb said.

A moment the young brothers will always remember and a football they will cherish forever.

“It’s football that I quit with him. I will treasure this forever and ever,” Elijah said.

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