Originally published March 6, 2016. Updated April 14, 2018.
With filming having wrapped on John Wick: Chapter 2, the follow-up to the hit 2014 action thriller, star Keanu Reeves has been chatting to IGN about the sequel and where it is heading.
“For us it was just, what is the next chapter? What is the continuation of this story?” states Reeves. “Opening up the world – the underground world. The world behind the world in terms of the assassins. Kind of evolving the action – if the first one was a black belt, then this one is third degree black belt. It’s such a fun project and a great character.”
Reeves also spoke about two new additions to the cast in his Matrix co-star Laurence Fishburne and Peter Stormare (Fargo):
“Laurence has this fantastic role as a character in the Underworld called The Bowery King. He plays such a great character in the piece and he brings of course humour, intelligence, charisma and fascination – he’s such an incredible actor and it was a pleasure to work with him again. And Peter Stormare – Stormare has more of a cameo in it but again he brings such fun and mystery and this mixture of groundedness and the surreal.”
John Wick: Chapter 2 is set for release on February 10th 2017, and reunites Reeves with the original’s co-director Chad Stahelski and returning stars Ian McShane, John Leguizamo, Bridget Monahan, Tom Sadowski, and Lance Reddick. New additions to the cast include Laurence Fishburne (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice), Common (Selma), Ruby Rose (Resident Evil: The Final Chapter), Riccardo Scamarcio (Burnt) and Peter Stormare (Fargo).
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