Moving away from straight action and towards the great dramatic roles he was also becoming known for, Keanu took on the reigns as young hotshot lawyer Kevin Lomax who is recruited to a powerful Manhattan practice by Al Pacinos dark, mysterious John Milton. Keanu took a reduced fee so the production could bring in Pacino and benefit from his now legendary, colourful co-starring performance. Rather topically, a scene inside the gilded apartment of real estate mogul Alexander Cullen, accused of a triple murder, was shot inside the a Fifth Avenue apartment belonging to none other than Republican presidential candidate and property tycoon Donald Trump.
