Lapho i-keanu ifuna ukubhekwa ngendima eholayo kwifilimu ethi "Konstantin: INkosi yobumnyama" (2005), abanye abalandeli bamukela lezi zindaba ngokumangala, njengoba kwavela iRivz ngaphandle kwayo yonke into, ukuthi ivela kanjani emakhasini awo amahlaya afanele. Iqiniso ngukuthi emthonjeni wokuqala uJohn Konstantin yi-blond, okwathi ngasikhathi sinye ukhuluma nge-Accent yaseBrithani - kwifilimu zombili lezi zici zishintshiwe.
Ukuphuma ekukhanyeni, "UKonstantin" wabingelwa ngemfudumalo ngumphakathi. Kwababukeli abaningi, lesi sithombe siye saba ngumuntu wokuqala omayelana nohlamvu lwemali, kepha ngisho naphakathi kwabalandeli abavukuzelayo bakhona labo ababona lokhu kuhlola kuphumelele. Ngasikhathi sinye, enye ingxenye yabalandeli yathukuthela ngenxa yalezo zinguquko ezihlaba umlingiswa ayithandayo. Ngolunye usuku, ngaphakathi kohlaka lomkhosi we-comic-Con, ukuhlangana kabusha kwe-inthanethi kwabadali beKonstantin kwenzeka. Ngesikhathi sengxoxo, uFrancis Lawrence wavuma ukuthi yena nethimba lakhe belingacabangi nakancane ngokwenza i-Rivza ngangokunokwenzeka kuKonstantin kusuka ku-Comic:
Asikaze sikhulume ngakho. Ngiyakhumbula ukuthi ngokuya ngemvunulo, sasishintsha futhi, ngoba iKonstantin yayivame ukugqoka ijazi elinsundu. Sizame umbono ngejazi, kodwa ekugcineni ngayeka emnyama ... saya kulezi zinguquko, ngoba singena kulokho esikwenzile.
Phambilini kwakukhona amahlebezi okuthi "Konstantin" noRivz angathola amashumi ayisithupha, kepha lolu lwazi aluzange luthole isiqinisekiso esisemthethweni. Ngaphandle kwalokhu, abadali boqobo beqaphela ukuthi bangakujabulela ukususa ukuqhubeka uma abakhiqizi nabanikazi bamalungelo 'eConstantine "bayobanika ithuba elinjalo.