Keanu Reeves re-teamed with old colleagues, stuntmen David Leitch and Chad Stahelski, for 'John Wick'.
Assassin thriller 'John Wick' is one of the most talked-about action flicks this side of 2014, and for leading man Keanu Reeves that isn't surprising - even if we have to experience the trauma of his puppy's untimely demise.
Keanu Reeves has/had the most adorable puppy in 'John Wick'
Keanu Reeves plays the titular former hitman in the film, which sees him come out of retirement and set out on a brutal mission to avenge both his wife, who died some time previously, and his young pup, who was brutally murdered at the hands of some rather unforgiving rivals. The movie serves as the directorial debut of David Leitch and Chad Stahelski, whose previous filmset roles where those of stuntmen. 'I first met Chad Stahelski in 1998, he was working as a stuntman on 'The Matrix' and he worked [as the stunt double] for the character I played, Neo', Reeves reveals. 'And then I worked with him on the second two films of the trilogy where I also met [producer] David Leitch there.'
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With 'John Wick' having been born from such stunt-focused individuals, Reeves admits that they didn't go easy on him, enrolling him in a kind of bootcamp to get him up to scratch to play a formidable pro killer. 'I was doing judo, jujitsu, weapons training, tactical training and I also did some car driving', he says. 'It was really exciting and we were really trying to raise the bar.'
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'John Wick' is out in US movie theaters now.
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