🎬 Keanu Reeves quietly backed a dream for 5 years
Sounds too wholesome to be real — but it is. A 15-year-old girl got backlash after writing about The Queen’s Gambit. Instead of quitting, she decided to make a documentary about women in chess.
Then Keanu Reeves stepped in — no noise, no PR — as executive producer, supporting the project for five years.
Now Madwoman’s Game is heading to the Miami Film Festival. Sometimes the best stories happen off-screen.