John Wick excommunicado is now in effect.
♪Tense music ♪
I need your help.
After this we are less than even.
[Glass shattering, brawl]
Keanu, we talked about John Wick one, that was about four and a half years ago now.
Uhhmm..
Could you have imagined that you'd be here, talking about the chapter three?
No, but I feel very fortunate and very grateful that we are here now again.
How did you preparation for the role changed or evolved over the years?
Or is it, basically, sort of the same principles?
The same principles.. I mean..
It's been..
I think, one of the things that's cool.. I mean, the central character..
of, you know, a guy who was in love, was doing something..
got out of it, his wife passes, she gives him a gift..
of really understanding companionship, that gets taken away.
And then this other thing comes out, this revenge aspect.
Which brings him back into the life, where now everyone is trying to come after him.
And now he's fighting for his life to try and remember and go back to that place..
that he was in.
You know, which was out of their life.
That thing for that character is fundamental.
And because the films happen so close after each other..
it's literally, like, two weeks in the life of John Wick.
(Chuckles) You know :)
It's interesting, it puts me very much in the present all the time.
There's no, like..
'Oh, it's a jump cut, what did he do for eight months?'
Or something like that, it's like, 'Oh, he's right there!'
And as I've been playing him more and more..
it's been very comfortable.
And then also, I think, where the film goes..
in the third one we learn a bit about his past.
And more of him fighting for what he wants to do. Literally telling us..
why he.. doesn't wanna die.
So anyways, so..
I don't know, it's really comfortable and fun.
There's so many outstanding action sequences again, of course.
But one that stands out, I think for me, is the one where you're on the horse.
Was that a particularly complex scene to shoot?
Yeah, the thing that made it complex was that it's a wild animal in the streets.
And you have to ride it.
(Both chuckle)
So I worked with wonderful stunt rider..
Generational.. man named Tad Griffith.
I trained with him for a couple of months.
Then there was a stunt riding aspect, and then I worked with..
with incredible stunt director supervisor Scott Rogers.
Because I had to develop something for safety.
- Right.
- Not only for me and for the horse, so that contraption was for the city streets.
And I'm hanging off the side of the horse, so bad things can happen.
- (Chuckles) - So..
they did and there was a couple of times, where they.. basically were able to pull me up.
We can't spoil what happens at the end, but in Hollywood, there's always room for..
one more, two more, I mean..
Is this the character that you can see yourself continuing playing?
Yeah, I'd love to. I mean, it's really up to the audience.
If we did something that they like,
If we did something that they like, that you like,
If we did something that they like, that you like, that YOU like..
- (Chuckles) - And..
Love, hopefully! I mean, we certainly made this meal with love and..
John Wick is such an opportunity, I love the character, I love the world, so..
For me it'd be great to be able to tell another chapter.
Let us begin.
♪Classical violin music ♪
Are services still off-limits to me?
What do you need?
♪ ♪
Guns.
Guns. Lots of guns.
[Gunfire]
♪ ♪
You think you can take Jooooooohn Wick?
♪ Tense music ♪ [Brawl]
♪Tense instrumental music ♪
We can keep this up as long as you'd like.
♪ ♪
But this only ends one way.
[Engines revving]
♪ ♪
John Wick Chapter 3 Parabellum
♪ ♪ [Gunfire]
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