He has become a 'folk hero' in his home state because of the work he has done to help poor children.
He doesn't much care for city 'folk'. [=people who live in a city]
His 'folks' gave him everything a kid could want.
(..) We wanted to make sure that we could do that scene ... ... if the bullet time process didn't work. We had all these rehearsals with stunt folks. There was some rigidity. It just felt clunky and we were worried that Keanu would ... ... not be able to go that far. Can we do one where he goes ... (..)2001 The Matrix Revisited