John Wick, the main character of the “Justice” series, has always been a man of few words, and according to a recent article in the “Wall Street Journal”reportThe statistical results published in theKeanu ReevesPlaying John Wick in the latest sequel to the series,Defense Mission 4“In the 169-minute film length of nearly 3 hours, only 380 words were spoken in total, and among the 103 lines he spoke, one-third of them were only a simple word.
The Wall Street Journal reported:
“In the 101-minute first film “defend the mission“In the movie, Keanu Levi spoke 484 words. The fourth film pushes the length to nearly three hours, but John Wick only speaks 380 words, 10 percent of which are already in the trailer.
It makes the protagonist seem a bit talkative, but John Wick already says more lines in the 2.5-minute trailer than he does in the first 25 minutes of the movie itself. “
John Wick’s limited lines have actually been carefully crafted, and the director of “Defense Mission 4”Chad Starzinskiand Keanu Reeves removed more than half of the character’s lines from the first draft of the script.
For example, just as John Wick andBill SkosgartWhen playing the Marquis of Gramont together to formulate the rules of the duel, John’s dialogue originally accounted for 50% of the clip, but Keanu Levi finally deleted a large number of lines, allowing John to respond with only a few words, such as ” Pistol” and “no quarter” etc.
Mike Finch, the co-writer of “The Good Mission 4”, revealed to the Wall Street Journal:
“When you’re working with him, you’re absolutely amazed at his obsession with saving words.”
John Wick’s longest line in the entire “Days of Justice 4” is his speech at the Continental Hotel in Osaka.Hiroyuki SanadaKoji Shimazu, who plays the role, said, “You and I have long left the good life behind, my friend.”
Although John Wick doesn’t have many lines in this sequel, all kinds of jaw-dropping action scenes fully make up for it. Even Keanu Levi himself called “Defending Mission 4” the film he has filmed. The most difficult one-step action movie.
He received nearly three months of training for various stunt performances in the film. The most challenging part of the preparation was the chase scene where John Wick drove around the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France. The actor had to learn how to pull off a “reverse 180” and flick while reloading his props and shooting out of the car window.
“Days of Defense 4” is now in theaters.