You’re going to be the guy that literally shoots John. Says the director, “I’m like, ‘No, you’re going to be the thread. I’m going to be the coolest motherfucker in your movie.’” I’m going to use these cool aviators like Steve McQueen. He’s like, ‘I’m going to do it like this. “He showed me pictures of Bruce Lee and his skinny tie suit for the screen test. I need you to help me make the coat.” Intrigued, Yen called him back within the week. “What I’ve written on these pages is just there. “I don’t want you to fit into this role,” he told Yen. Stahelski explained that he is a very collaborative director and said that Yen should just ask any of his past cast members for proof. Why is this not going to be me just coming into a couple of kicks?’” I’m just, you know, I’m getting older, and I don’t have a lot of time.
Committing a year to John Wick: Chapter 4 was a big ask. “He’s like, ‘Okay, I’m interested, but you got to sell me on this.’” Yen was already deeply invested in his own personal project, a film called Sakra, in which he was the star, the director, and the producer. Yen’s character Chirrut Îmwe in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was blind fighter too. “He’s like, ‘Look, I’ve done the blind guy thing before,’” recalls Stahelski. Both filmmakers had tremendous respect for each other, and yet Yen took some convincing before coming onboard. We all know each other from that world.” Eventually, the filmmaker approached Yen to play Wick’s rival assassin, the blind Caine, but Yen was reluctant. Says Stahelski, “We had known a lot of the same team through Yuen Woo-Ping and through Kenji Tanigaki, his main choreographer. Despite Stahelski’s connections, getting Yen wasn’t as simple as opening his rolodex. Stahelski and Yen had not worked together before the film, but the director really wanted him in what’s expected to be his final John Wick flick.
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With the characters of Caine, Donnie Yen’s blind assassin, and Fat Killa, Adkins’ grotesque and unrecognizable gangster monster, that latitude birthed two antagonists who will become instantly iconic to action movie fans. And part of his process is to allow his actors the creative latitude to express themselves. Creating roles that spotlights the superhuman talents of his cast was a collaborative effort, but Stahelski has known the cinematic stunt community inside and out since he got his start as a stunt person in the early 1990s. The John Wick tetralogy is also Stahelski’s first directorial effort and it’s designed for action. They all have extensive filmographies packed with thrilling action. For any fan of the action genre, the names of Donnie Yen, Scott Adkins, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Marko Zaror instill massive respect. Assembling a cast of the heaviest hitters in Hollywood is the only way John Wick: Chapter 4 could level up. No other director today has such a keen eye for stunts and fight choreography as Stahelski. John Wick (Keanu Reeves) demands opponents that can match the badassery of his franchise and real life martial artists that can act. Every great hero needs great villains, so Director Chad Stahelski stacked the deck with the world’s leading action stars when it came time to check back in to action cinema’s Continental.
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