Reddick ought to have been celebrating this week. The 60-year-old was having fun with one other surge in a profession that had taken him from TV success in The Wire, Fringe and Bosch to late-life movie stardom within the John Wick franchise. He had been on the street just lately selling the approaching launch of the fourth movie in a whirlwind of pink carpets and media interviews, however abruptly pulled out of final week’s New York premiere. His physique was discovered at house on Friday and preliminary stories cite pure causes for his demise.
Reddick performed the enigmatic Charon within the cult motion thrillers. The concierge on the Continental Resort (the New York house for assassins on the transfer) was naturally useful in a combat, as displayed within the scene beneath. However he was additionally infamously economical along with his phrases, delivering each with such gravitas and charm that they spoke a thousand extra.
So it was a pleasure to listen to him, in his personal voice (and never that easy on-screen Kenyan purr) speaking of his time on the franchise and his particular love for Keanu Reeves – one other star who famously avoids the limelight and barely wastes phrases and gestures.
Reeves himself has mentioned he’s “heartbroken” over the lack of his good friend and colleague.
Reddick added: “Throughout John Wick: Chapter 4, my first day of filming occurred to be Keanu’s birthday. However he wasn’t within the scene. He got here to the set anyway at 9 o’clock at evening along with his girlfriend…
“And she or he informed me that she requested Keanu what he needed to do for his birthday and he mentioned, ‘I wish to go see Lance.’
“He’d by no means carried out this earlier than however he wrote me a observe thanking me for what I delivered to the character in these motion pictures. And he needed to provide the observe to me. I’ll always remember it. I’m going to cry now.”
Reddick mentioned of Reeves: “I simply adore that man. He’s such a beautiful human being.”
His forged mates and crew have been mourning the sudden and stunning loss over the previous couple of days. John Wick director Chad Stahelski has additionally introduced that the movie will now be devoted to the reminiscence of the Charon actor.
The movie is rumoured to be the ultimate within the franchise however Reddick and his iconic character will stay on. He had already filmed scenes for a spin-off TV present, Ballerina, and there are nonetheless plans in movement for a Charon origin story.
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JOHN WICK: CHAPTER FOUR IS OUT ON MARCH 24
