“My other best friend in the world, this guy Jimmy Darmody, is an agent at CAA, who at the time represented Keanu. I thought, ‘Okay, there’s probably one or two names you could do this with: Clint Eastwood, Harrison Ford.'” It was the fun of watching Clint Eastwood kick ass. The lead was a 75-year-old man, 25 years after being retired. “One of my best friends is Charlie Ferraro at UTA, who sent me this script from Derek Kolstad called ‘Scorn’. Lwanyk confirmed in the book via Entertainment Weekly: This information comes from a book written by franchise producer Basil Iwanyk titled They Shouldn’t Have Killed His Dog: The Complete Uncensored Ass-Kicking Oral History of John Wick, Gun Fu, and the New Age of Action. But, it’s been revealed that the original version of the character was a 75-year-old man! It was originally written for an actor like Harrison Ford or Clint Eastwood, but when Reeves got ahold of the script, he ended up making it his own. The John Wick film franchise has been so much fun to watch over the years and Keanu Reeves is freakin’ awesome in the lead role.
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