The fact that you have Keanu pretending to be English, meanwhile Carey Elwes is standing next to him like
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And tone down the swearing, of course.
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I think that is pretty much the secret to his career longevity. He may not be the best person for the part, he may be entirely out of his depth, but he’s great to have on a set and is generous to the crew.
Director: We may have a troubled set. This is some really complicated work. The crew may not be willing to do this stuff.
Producer: Quick! Hire Keanu Reeves! Everyone loves working with him
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The Dave Grohl of Hollywood 
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There was an American in the novel— Quincey Morris.
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Just don’t get too attached to him.
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From the clips (I didn’t see the movie) I think that was a great fake British accect. It was the occasional Ted Logan head moves that made it seem weird to me.
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Reeves’s body language is distinctive
There is a certain moment in the Day the Earth Stood Still remake where we realize the giant CGI robot is also him, although it does not look human and never speaks 
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Keanu reaves was great in Dangerous Liaisons (1988). He was viewed as too dimwitted to indulge in Malkovich’s and Close’s intrigues-- and consequently proved himself as the one honest man. That film predated Bill and Ted (1989).
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As someone who was born and brought up in the English West Country, which has its fair share of accents and dialects, as does the whole of the UK, anyone trying to speak in Received English is going to sound odd, including British actors!
Basically, it’s the posh accent spoken in the South-East, around Oxford, Cambridge and London, mostly heard on old BBC broadcasts. Boston has a similar odd accent, like someone trying to talk with a plum in their mouth, which is often how posh British people are said to sound.
Honestly, Keanu sounds more naturally British with a good education than the bloke behind the desk.
“ The trashing of Keanu’s accent in that movie always struck me as USians not understanding that there are a lot of regional accents in Britain, so the ones we are most familiar with are not all of them. Also, I always thought of Keanu as playing a character that is trying so hard to sound upper crust but just didn’t attend the right boy’s school to get it right”
Yes, pretty much nailed it in your last sentence.
There are British accents and dialects that require subtitles, mostly from industrial regions, like Glasgow, Birmingham and the Black Country, Newcastle and Cardiff. Some rural accents can be almost impenetrable! Talking to an American once, who’d never been here before, I was asked to speak slower, because they couldn’t understand me!
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Ah, yes, the English Accent, “Nee, you divvy, Ah support Th’Toon, nee Sunderland!”
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Come on, even I could tell a Toony from a mackem.
Couldn’t guarantee I’d understand either mind.
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Ah, the sultry tones of Sunderland… 
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Kenickie!!! I can’t hit like enough!
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