The John Wick franchise is one of the most loved franchises of all time. Globally acclaimed by fans and critics alike, Keanu Reeves is much treasured by the audience for playing John Wick’s character in the mastermind saga.
However, Keanu Reeves’s ‘good guy’ persona in real life seems to have deceived his co-actor, Donnie Yen, after the latter saw him acting on the sets of John Wick: Chapter 4.
Donnie Yen’s Reaction to Seeing Keanu Reeves on the Sets of John Wick: Chapter 4
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Donnie Yen is a globally praised Hong Kong-based actor, director, producer, choreographer, and even martial artist – all in one. His brilliance at almost everything has granted him international fame as well. In the new sequel to the John Wick movie series, the actor can be seen playing Caine, an old fellow assassin friend of Wick.
Working with Keanu Reeves in the action sequel, Yen has revealed how he truly felt about Reeves, saying,
“He [Reeves] is great. He is more than I was expecting. The guy does everything himself. He put in the hours, he put in the work. He can do it. He’s no joke. The guy is like, I have that respect for him. And he’s just a cool guy to be around to work with, you know? Love the man. He’s lovely, he’s got a lovely soul. [A] wonderful soul.”
Apparently, the renowned martial artist cum actor is quite excited to work with Reeves. Even though the duo has met before, Yen still holds an optimistic opinion about Keanu Reeves, praising him for his professionalism and hard work.
John Wick 5 is Reported to be ‘In Development’
While Lionsgate intended to star the two sequels back-to-back, however, his plan could not come to action. Nevertheless, with John Wick: Chapter 4‘s release and amazing responses received, the action series franchise has confirmed John Wick: Chapter 5 to be in production. With few details released about this sequel, it is not confirmed yet if Donnie Yen will star in the next sequel too or not.
However, before the release of the upcoming sequel, a spin-off of the movie series is currently confirmed and set to release in July 2024. This spin-off is named Ballerina, featuring the renowned actress, Ana de Armas. The story of this spin-off is set to take place between John Wick: Chapter 3 and John Wick: Chapter 4, as affirmed by Lionsgate head, Joe Drake.
So far, what we can conclude is that while the Keanu Reeves starrer fifth sequel to the movie series will take a few years to come to the big screen, in the meanwhile, fans can expect to see the spin-off, Ballerina, by next year.
You can stream John Wick movies on Amazon Prime.
Source: CheatSheet
