I think we're all kind of alike when you do your first film. You have great hopes, but you don't hope too much.
Chad StahelskiKeanu and I were in New York, I was prepping John Wick 2. And when Keanu [Reeves], [writer] Derek Kolstad, and myself sat down and wrote the character, it was completely, one hundred percent based on Laurence Fishburne. Like, in my head I saw this guy.
Chad StahelskiI consider Laurence [Fishburn], Keanu [Reeves], both very acclaimed actors, I mean so good.
Chad StahelskiWhen I first met Laurence I was Keanu's [Reeves] stunt double on the first Matrix. So, a little evolution there with career status. But then cut to the thirteen/fourteen years later where now I'm asking Laurence Fishburne to trust my directorial capacity [in John Wick 2].
Chad Stahelski