Keanu Reeves is among the most beloved motion stars of all time, partly due to his star flip because the titular antihero within the John Wick films. As the film’s crew recounted within the 2022 ebook “They Shouldn’t Have Killed His Dog,” the unique script for “John Wick” referred to as for a 75-year-old actor because the lead, however Reeves and his brokers actually needed to discover a new motion flick for him and linked with the story.
“[Franchise producer Basil Iwanyk] introduced the script to me with the concept that I might be part of such an awesome collaboration,” Reeves stated within the ebook, in keeping with Entertainment Weekly. “We all agreed on the potential of the undertaking. It has this character of John Wick, however then you definately even have the true world, and on the identical time this type of underworld. This den of thieves which have this honor and a code. It has this emotional reference to John Wick, who’s grieving, who’s misplaced the love of his life and has this legendary darkish previous. And I cherished the search that he goes on to reclaim his life. And the world he strikes by to do it.”
Reeves ended up engaged on the scripts for the primary “John Wick” film for 2 months with screenwriter Derek Kolstad earlier than filming started. The 2014 film turned a success, revitalized Reeves’s profession, and has up to now led to 3 sequels. There’s additionally a fifth installment in growth and an Ana de Armas-starring spinoff, “Ballerina,” set to be launched sooner or later.
Ahead, be taught all concerning the 4 John Wick films we’ve up to now, so as.