Keanu Reeves' 'John Wick' original script had less deaths, says director Chad Stahelski

John Wick is one of most iconic action flicks in Hollywood. It stars Keanu Reeves in le role. Released in 2014, movie was ted for its gruesome fight sequences, having 77 body count. w director Ch Stahelski revealed that original script of movie h a drastically less kill count.

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John Wick's original script h only three deaths

In a recent interview with Comicbook.com, John Wick director Ch Stahelski revealed that initial script of movie h only a handful of deaths, prior to his involvement. He said action sequences were eventually evolved after he boarded project. Recalling incident, he said that Keanu Reeves sent him script on a Friday and he re it on same day and thought about it over weekend.

filmmaker said that original John Wick script was “much more contained” than changed one. He said he thinks that only three people died in that script, from which two were in a car crash. Stahelski mentioned that it was “very, very minimal,” and was slightly different. He said he wanted to make a 'surreal action movie' which was 't so grounded and gray but was something different'. 

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John Wick eventually ended up having around 80 kills by Keanu Reeves as a former hitman who goes on revenge for death of his dog, Daisy. body count number increased to around 128 in John Wick: Chapter 2. It later fell down to around 94 kills in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum.

Ch Stahelski disclosed that he and his team have never intentionally discussed kill count for films. director said he thinks that as Keanu Reeves has gotten so much better with choreography and martial arts and motion, y needed to change weapons and get bigger set pieces. This, he said, grually led to an increase in body count.

John Wick movie series is created by Derek Kolst and directed by Ch Stahelski, with Keanu Reeves as main le. three films have gained immense praise for ir action sequences and have been successful at box-office. makers have anunced John Wick 4 and 5, with Keanu set to shoot m back-to-back.

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