Keanu Reeves Raves About Girlfriend Alexandra Grant During Date Night atSonic 3Premiere: 'The Heart Just Opens'

Mar. 15, 2025

Alexandra Grant and Keanu Reeves during the Los Angeles premiere ofSonic the Hedgehog 3at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Dec. 16, 2024.Photo:Steve Granitz/FilmMagic

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Keanu ReevesandAlexandra Granthad a supersonic date night!

The couple stepped out for the Los Angeles premiere of his new animated filmSonic the Hedgehog 3at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Monday, Dec. 16.

Reeves, 60, looked dapper in a dark suit with a striped tie as he posed alongside his accomplished visual-artist girlfriend, 51, who rocked a long-sleeved black gown with blazer-style front fastenings and silver detailing, carrying a coordinating sparkly silver clutch.

After sweetly mimicking a miracle noise, Reeves said of seeing his girlfriend all dressed up for the event, “The heart just opens.”

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Alexandra Grant and Keanu Reeves during the Los Angeles premiere ofSonic the Hedgehog 3at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Dec. 16, 2024.Steve Granitz/FilmMagic

Starting off as friends and collaborators, Reeves and Grant decided to make theirrelationship publicin 2019. In the years since, theMatrixactor has been relatively open about spending time with his “honey," as he called Grant in a2023 PEOPLE interview.

“We were connected. We were smiling and laughing and giggling. Feeling great,” Reeves recalled of his then-last moment of bliss. “It was just really nice to be together."

“Seeing the other person’s problem-solving is inspiring, like, ‘Oh, well, okay, this one, that’s a cul-de-sac. How do I try this other thing?,' " Grant said. “He’s such an inspiration to me. He’s so creative, he’s so kind. He works so hard.”

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From L: Keanu Reeves, Krysten Ritter, Ben Schwartz, Adam Pally, Alyla Browne, Jim Carrey, Tika Sumpter, Lee Majdoub, James Marsden and Jeff Fowler during the Los Angeles premiere ofSonic the Hedgehog 3at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Dec. 16, 2024.Phillip Faraone/Getty

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On top of the addition of Reeves as Shadow,Sonic 3brings backJim Carreyas Dr. Robotnik,Ben Schwartzas the voice of Sonic andIdris Elbaas Knuckles, plusJames MarsdenandTika Sumpter, in the newest adaptation of Sega’s video-game series.

“Sonic, Knuckles and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before,” teases a synopsis. “With their abilities outmatched in every way, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance in hopes of stopping Shadow and protecting the planet.”

Speaking with PEOPLE at the premiere,Reeves revealed which superpowerfrom the franchise he’d most like to have himself in real life.

“Well, if it was aSonicsuperpower, I’m gonna take teleportation,” he said.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3is in theaters Dec. 20.

source: people.com