How 'John Wick' star Keanu Reeves took script originally written for a ’75-year-old man’ and ‘made it his own’
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"John Wick" creator Derek Kolstad revealed that the character, played by "The Matrix" star Keanu Reeves, was originally written for an older actor such as Clint Eastwood or Harrison Ford.
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Iwanyk said in the book that one of his best friends sent him a script from Derek Kolstad — the creator of the "John Wick" franchise — according to Entertainment Weekly.
"The lead was a 75-year-old man, 25 years after being retired. It was the fun of watching Clint Eastwood kick a--. I thought, ‘Okay, there’s probably one or two names you could do this with: Clint Eastwood, Harrison Ford,'" Iwanyk remarked.