--- title: Keanu Reeves Befriends Fellow Grounded Flight Passengers description: Actor Keanu Reeves made some new friends on a bus, an unexpected transport after his flight made an emergency landing in California. canonical: https://time.com/5558494/keanu-reeves-bus/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-03-25T21:44:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:08.618Z og:title: Keanu Reeves Befriends Fellow Stranded Flight Passengers og:description: He is the best travel companion og:url: https://time.com/5558494/keanu-reeves-bus/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08a0feeead286a52/6989474de76ad2479163461c/keanu-reeves-airport-bus.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Photo Call For Regatta's "Destination Wedding" - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Keanu Reeves Befriends Fellow Stranded Flight Passengers twitter:description: He is the best travel companion twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08a0feeead286a52/6989474de76ad2479163461c/keanu-reeves-airport-bus.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Keanu Reeves Was the Best Companion on a Bus Ride With a Bunch of Stranded Plane Passengers ## Video: John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019 Movie) Official Trailer – Keanu Reeves, Halle Berry [Watch (HLS stream): John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019 Movie) Official Trailer – Keanu Reeves, Halle Berry](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/FkHuJtUC.m3u8) (2:17)  _Published 2019-03-26. John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019 Movie) Official Trailer – Keanu Reeves, Halle Berry_  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 25, 2019 9:44 PM UTC  LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 18: Keanu Reeves attends the photo call for Regatta's "Destination Wedding" held at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on August 18, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Tran/FilmMagic) LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 18: Keanu Reeves attends the photo call for Regatta's "Destination Wedding" held at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on August 18, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Tran/FilmMagic)Michael Tran—FilmMagic  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 25, 2019 9:44 PM UTC Actor [Keanu Reeves](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1027496,00.html) made some new friends after his flight had to make an [emergency landing](http://time.com/5373617/post-malone-plane-emergency-landing/) this weekend. The [_John Wick_](http://time.com/5380056/keanu-reeves-john-wick-3/) actor was traveling from San Francisco to Burbank in Los Angeles when his United flight was forced to make an unexpected landing in Bakersfield. In video footage captured by his fellow passengers, Reeves is seen taking initiative to help revise travel plans, eventually boarding a van with other passengers — because at that point, driving to Los Angeles was faster than flying. Some of the passengers’ videos show that Reeves obviously believes in the longtime road trip missive that “getting there is half the fun”: during the bus ride, Reeves humorously read fun facts about Bakersfield to his fellow passengers, before using his phone and YouTube to play them a selection of music that was native to Bakersfield (country music that was created in the 1950s in and around the farming town). Later, after they reached their destination, Reeves was spotted heading to a Carl’s Jr., perhaps looking for a snack after his long day of travel. One thing’s for certain after this eventful trip: if you’re looking for a road trip buddy, Keanu Reeves should be on the top of your list. See the best footage of Reeves in transit below. > [](https://twitter.com/CheesyJedi/status/1109629389938061312) > [](https://twitter.com/ari%5Fsaperstein/status/1109863727984041984) > [](https://twitter.com/keanusgf/status/1109843353804386304) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5558494/keanu-reeves-bus/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5558494/keanu-reeves-bus/"},"headline":"Keanu Reeves Was the Best Companion on a Bus Ride With a Bunch of Stranded Plane Passengers","datePublished":"2019-03-25T21:44:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:08.618Z","description":"Here's what you need to know","url":"https://time.com/5558494/keanu-reeves-bus/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08a0feeead286a52/6989474de76ad2479163461c/keanu-reeves-airport-bus.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08a0feeead286a52/6989474de76ad2479163461c/keanu-reeves-airport-bus.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Photo Call For Regatta's \"Destination Wedding\" - Arrivals","caption":"Photo Call For Regatta's \"Destination Wedding\" - Arrivals","creditText":"Michael Tran—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5558494/keanu-reeves-bus/","name":"Keanu Reeves Was the Best Companion on a Bus Ride With a Bunch of Stranded Plane Passengers"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019 Movie) Official Trailer – Keanu Reeves, Halle Berry","description":"John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019 Movie) Official Trailer – Keanu Reeves, Halle Berry","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/FkHuJtUC/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2019-03-26T12:31:57.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/FkHuJtUC.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5558494/keanu-reeves-bus/","duration":"PT2M17S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5558494/keanu-reeves-bus/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```