With John Wick we wanted to do something like that. So rather than punching, kicks - and for the kind of way we wanted to shoot it, which is longer takes - our initial instinct was let's go with a throwing or grappling arm.
Laurence [Fishburne] is a great example of how to communicate to the audience as you're acting with another actor. - Chad Stahelski
Laurence [Fishburne] is a great example of how to communicate to the audience as you're acting with another actor.
- Chad Stahelski
Laurence [Fishburn] helped redo some of the dialogue [in John Wick 2], he and Keanu [Reeves] workshopped it. And he couldn't have been more respectfu… - Chad Stahelski
Laurence [Fishburn] helped redo some of the dialogue [in John Wick 2], he and Keanu [Reeves] workshopped it. And he couldn't have been more respectfu…
Honestly, when you think of any great action hero or any great hero out there or great character actor, you kind of transcend the character. You just… - Chad Stahelski
Honestly, when you think of any great action hero or any great hero out there or great character actor, you kind of transcend the character. You just…
I think what we want to do is - when we choreograph, when we design choreography, we try to take it from a character standpoint first. Obviously you … - Chad Stahelski
I think what we want to do is - when we choreograph, when we design choreography, we try to take it from a character standpoint first. Obviously you …
I spent a lot of time with both [Laurence Fishburn and Keanu Reeves], obviously, on the Matrix trilogy. Worked a lot, on a day-to-day level, with Lau… - Chad Stahelski
I spent a lot of time with both [Laurence Fishburn and Keanu Reeves], obviously, on the Matrix trilogy. Worked a lot, on a day-to-day level, with Lau…
When I first met Laurence I was Keanu's [Reeves] stunt double on the first Matrix. So, a little evolution there with career status. But then cut to t… - Chad Stahelski
When I first met Laurence I was Keanu's [Reeves] stunt double on the first Matrix. So, a little evolution there with career status. But then cut to t…
Character imperfection is the important thing to keep them from being superheroes. - Chad Stahelski
Character imperfection is the important thing to keep them from being superheroes.
Keanu and I were in New York, I was prepping John Wick 2. And when Keanu [Reeves], [writer] Derek Kolstad, and myself sat down and wrote the characte… - Chad Stahelski
Keanu and I were in New York, I was prepping John Wick 2. And when Keanu [Reeves], [writer] Derek Kolstad, and myself sat down and wrote the characte…
I think we're all kind of alike when you do your first film. You have great hopes, but you don't hope too much. - Chad Stahelski
I think we're all kind of alike when you do your first film. You have great hopes, but you don't hope too much.
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