“Honestly, when you think of any great action hero or any great hero out there or great character actor, you kind of transcend the character. You just don't love the character, you love the guy. In any of the great action stars, you see the guy doing the work.” ThinkingKindCharacterActionGuyActorsStarsHeroHonestlyGreat CharacterCharacter ActorsAction HeroesGreat Hero Author:Chad Stahelski
“Character imperfection is the important thing to keep them from being superheroes.” ImportantCharacterImportant ThingsImperfectionSuperhero Author:Chad Stahelski
“I think what we want to do is - when we choreograph, when we design choreography, we try to take it from a character standpoint first. Obviously you write a script and it's like, a Jason Bourne or a John Wick or something like that, you don't start choreographing double twisting wire moves and backflips, or doing the splits. You try to keep it so it fits the character, or the tone of the film.” ThinkingWantWritingTryingFirstsCharacterFilmMovingDesignFitScriptsToneSplitsWireStandpointJasonChoreographyBourneBackflips Author:Chad Stahelski
“Keanu 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.” CharacterGuySawsNew YorkPercentHundredDown AndSatThis Guy Author:Chad Stahelski
