Keanu Reeves is in SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge on the Run, but it was a long road to get there. Everyone’s favorite actor doesn’t just do every movie, things have to appeal to him. Director Tim Hill and Patrick Star actor Bill Fagerbakke discussed how they managed to seal the deal in an interview with Yahoo! Entertainment. It turns out that the filmmaker was pretty adamant about having the Matrix star play a character named Sage. (He’s sort of a spirit guide for SpongeBob and Patrick throughout the movie.) Well, that chatter and a lot of determination set things into motion. One of the producers on the film actually had a personal connection to Reeves, so he put the good word in. From there the Bill & Ted star signed off on the part and the entire creative team was thrilled about the news. The entire situation is especially wild if you point out that Hill didn’t have a backup plan.
