Keanu Reeves obtained assist from royalty to shoot stunning John Wick scene

Keanu Reeves is cinema royalty, however that doesn’t imply he doesn’t sometimes want actual royalty to assist him out, from time to time. While you mirror on Keanu Reeves‘ finest films, you’re possible considering of The Matrix, Invoice and Ted, Level Break, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and John Wick. All classics.

It’s for the final of those although, with John Wick 4 particularly, that Keanu want backup from a literal king to shoot probably the most stunning scene in John Wick historical past. That scene, in fact, is the dawn within the desert: you’ll bear in mind it from the trailers, and for those who noticed the movie in cinemas you’ll undoubtedly bear in mind it.

Talking in a dialog with Buzzfeed, director Chad Stahelski instructed Keanu what occurred. “The king of Jordan gave us a Black Hawk [helicopter]. We had been making an attempt to get to a location we couldn’t entry, and he was good sufficient to lend us a helicopter to fly the crew out to get the dawn shot that you just see within the film.”

Keanu’s response to studying that the King of Jordan lent his film a helicopter was predictably low-key. “That’s type of cool,” he mentioned. “The King gave you a helicopter to get a shot as a result of [he’s] a fan of John Wick.”

It doesn’t actually get a lot cooler than that: Keanu is such legendary film star {that a} king wished to offer him a serving to hand. The place do you go from there, actually?

Because the launch of John Wick 4 (with its definitive ending) hypothesis has mounted in regards to the potential for an additional Wick-ian journey, and a John Wick 5 launch date doesn’t look utterly out of the image.

Earlier than that, although, there’s a spin-off film titled Ballerina starring Ana de Armas within the main function, in addition to The Continental launch date to stay up for. The Continental shall be a prequel TV sequence, and can discover the emergence of the world of John Wick previous to Keanu’s time.

For extra on Keanu Reeves, you possibly can try our information to the finest motion films ever made. We even have a information to the very best Keanu Reeves films, for good measure, and you may find out how Keanu Reeves carried out the very best Matrix stunt himself.

If you happen to love Wick, you in all probability additionally like The Equalizer. You may study one of many yr’s most hotly anticipated new films from Denzel Washington with our explainer on The Equalizer 3 solid, and our The Equalizer 3 assessment.