“I’m very grateful that it worked out,” the actor tells EW.

Warning: This story contains spoilers fromFast X.

Keanu Reeveskeeps drifting around theFast & Furiousfranchise.

And nowFast Xstar Alan Ritchsonreveals that Reeves wasalsoin talks to playthe villain in the latest installmentas well.

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“It was just a little stroke of luck and good timing,” he says.

Tough act to follow."

“All production shut down.

“I was like, ‘Oh, God.

Whatever you’ve got to say, just say it.

I can take it.

I’m a big boy.’

I was like, ‘Okay … am I still in the movie?'”

He laughs before continuing, “He was like, ‘Yeah, of course.

I was like, ‘Okay, you might just say that next time!’

So I’m very grateful that it worked out.”

Fast Xis now playing in theaters.

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