WORRIED KEANU SAVES SANDRA!

Coaxing beauty back to life after she lost her lover

ACTION man Keanu Reeves is dragging his grief-stricken buddy Sandra Bullock out of a terrible funk triggered by the death of her lover Bryan Randall - and back in front of the movie cameras, insiders tell GLOBE!

While every major Hollywood movie factory is pressing Sandra to pair with Ryan Reynolds, her leading man in The Proposal, sources say clever Keanu has actually managed to lure the still-heartbroken beauty out of her early retirement and help heal her devastation over her lover's passing.