There have been quite a lot of nice John Wick scenes over the course of the previous decade, with every film within the Keanu Reeves motion franchise that includes at the least a handful of moments that might earn a spot in an Oscar clip if he have been nominated for Greatest Actor on the Academy Awards. However there may be one second from John Wick: Chapter 4 that director Chad Stahelski would like to see be included.
CinemaBlend lately sat down for an interview with the stuntman-turned-director to debate every thing from the creating Highlander reboot, to his extremely anticipated Ghost of Tushima adaptation, in addition to plenty of different matters associated to John Wick: Chapter 4 – like a ridiculous story involving canine pee and bullet holes. Throughout this chat, we requested Stahelski what he’d prefer to see in Reeves’ Oscar clip if he was nominated, and he started with a tongue-in-cheek reply:
What could be the Oscar clip? There’d be, there’d be at the least one ‘Yeah.’
After joking in regards to the variety of “Yeahs” he’d assume make the reduce with reference to Reeves’ restricted quantity of dialogue in John Wick: Chapter 4, the director supplied up an extremely emotional scene that he thought could be greatest suited to the clip. Stahelski defined that there’s a second early on within the fantastic Osaka Continental sequence the place HIroyuki Sanada’s Shimazu Koji tells Wick that Charon (performed by the late Lance Reddick) has been killed.
As an alternative of lashing out in rage, John Wick simply tilts his head and offers a nuanced and refined response to the loss of life of his buddy. And this, in line with Stahelski, is a testomony of the actor’s capability to offer emotion with nothing greater than a glance or slight response. Mentioned the filmmaker,
He does quite a lot of subtleties. I like Keanu subtleties just like the raised eyebrow, the tilted head. And I believe that’s what we labored with loads with [cinematographer] Dan Lausten, to all the time form of shade one eye to tug again and use the lighting to actually improve what Keanu’s already nice at, that are these micro expressions of persona and emotion. We discover these nice moments as a result of when Keanu’s on the B aspect, after we’re over the opposite character’s shoulder Keanu, despite the fact that Keanu’s not saying a lot, I take advantage of quite a lot of him listening to individuals just like the facial as an alternative of over his shoulder. As a result of generally how Keanu reacts to what he’s listening to says greater than what the opposite character’s saying.
Stahelski, whose historical past with Reeves goes again 1 / 4 century (he was the actor’s stunt-double in The Matrix), in contrast the actor’s capability to “say extra with out dialogue” to what you’d see in basic Samurai films and even beloved silent movies the place the actors needed to emote and progress the story with none dialogue.
In truth, Keanu Reeves solely says 380 phrases throughout 103 traces of dialogue all through John Wick: Chapter 4, in line with the Wall Avenue Journal, which is wild to consider contemplating his character is in just about each scene within the practically three-hour film. This lack of dialogue proves to be one of many film’s coolest elements, particularly with how the actor is in a position say a lot regardless of barely talking.
Although we don’t but know if Keanu Reeves can be nominated for an Oscar or what the long run holds for his iconic character following the John Wick: Chapter 4 ending, we nonetheless have the upcoming Ballerina spinoff to stay up for on the 2024 film schedule. And who is aware of, perhaps we’ll lastly see a Greatest Stunt Oscar class in some unspecified time in the future sooner or later.
