--- title: Diane Keaton and Keanu Reeves Had Perfect Oscars Chemistry description: The presenters co-starred in the 2003 Nancy Meyers rom-com 'Something's Gotta Give.' canonical: https://time.com/5780888/diane-keaton-keanu-reeves-oscars-2020/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-02-10T02:59:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:01:16.821Z og:title: Diane Keaton and Keanu Reeves Had Perfect Chemistry As Oscars Presenters og:description: The pair starred in a 2003 Nancy Meyers rom-com together og:url: https://time.com/5780888/diane-keaton-keanu-reeves-oscars-2020/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5af5fc057860b6d9/698a09fe16d8845b0ac37b1f/diane-keaton-keanu-reeves-2020-oscars.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 92nd Annual Academy Awards - Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Diane Keaton and Keanu Reeves Had Perfect Chemistry As Oscars Presenters twitter:description: The pair starred in a 2003 Nancy Meyers rom-com together twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5af5fc057860b6d9/698a09fe16d8845b0ac37b1f/diane-keaton-keanu-reeves-2020-oscars.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Diane Keaton and Keanu Reeves' Iconic Chemistry as Oscars Presenters Inspired Rom-Com Nostalgia by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Feb 10, 2020 2:59 AM UTC  Diane Keaton and Keanu Reeves walk onstage during the 92nd Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on February 09, 2020. Diane Keaton and Keanu Reeves walk onstage during the 92nd Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on February 09, 2020.Kevin Winter—Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Feb 10, 2020 2:59 AM UTC Diane Keaton and Keanu Reeves’ crackling chemistry while presenting the award for Best Original Screenplay at the [92nd Annual Academy Awards](https://time.com/5774472/everything-to-know-2020-oscars/) had viewers clamoring for a sequel to _Something’s Gotta Give._ The pair reminisced about the 2003 Nancy Meyers rom-com, in which their characters date each other. “It’s been a long time since you and I made that movie,” Keaton said. “Remember me in it?” “Yeah, you were amazing,” Reeves replied, to which Keaton said, _“You_ were amazing.” “I’ll never forget reading that Nancy Meyers screenplay for the first time,” Reeves said. “I mean, that was a lot of crying in there, Keanu,” Keaton said. “Lots of laughing and crying and, well, we had some, well, let’s be frank — it was a good time.” > [](https://twitter.com/oureric/status/1226681719245373440) Although Reeves and Keaton’s characters don’t end up together in _Something’s Gotta Give_ (Keaton ultimately chooses Jack Nicholson’s character), their Oscars moment proved that their spark has never gone away. > [](https://twitter.com/MarkHarrisNYC/status/1226689401956323331) > [](https://twitter.com/htranbui/status/1226688276603506689) > [](https://twitter.com/rachel%5Fhandler/status/1226693357184913414) Even Meyers weighed in: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5780888/diane-keaton-keanu-reeves-oscars-2020/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5780888/diane-keaton-keanu-reeves-oscars-2020/"},"headline":"Diane Keaton and Keanu Reeves' Iconic Chemistry as Oscars Presenters Inspired Rom-Com Nostalgia","datePublished":"2020-02-10T02:59:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:01:16.821Z","description":"The pair starred in a 2003 Nancy Meyers rom-com together","url":"https://time.com/5780888/diane-keaton-keanu-reeves-oscars-2020/","keywords":["Newsfeed","awards"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5af5fc057860b6d9/698a09fe16d8845b0ac37b1f/diane-keaton-keanu-reeves-2020-oscars.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5af5fc057860b6d9/698a09fe16d8845b0ac37b1f/diane-keaton-keanu-reeves-2020-oscars.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"92nd Annual Academy Awards - Show","caption":"92nd Annual Academy Awards - Show","creditText":"Kevin Winter—Getty Images","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/5780888/diane-keaton-keanu-reeves-oscars-2020/","name":"Diane Keaton and Keanu Reeves' Iconic Chemistry as Oscars Presenters Inspired Rom-Com Nostalgia"}}]}] ```