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 "I love John Wick," the actor told Reuters ahead of the
film's opening in theaters on Friday. "We had great ideas, we
opened up the world ... making a darn good action movie."
After the death of his puppy and the theft of his car led the
hitman on a bloody rampage in 2014's hit action thriller "John
Wick," the sequel delves into the character's murky past.
It includes the emergence of a rival assassin and a nefarious
Italian playboy who destroys Wick's home, the only reminder of
his once-happy life, and sets a bounty on Wick's head, causing
the hitman to go back underground.
"John Wick," the slick 2014 action thriller from Lionsgate made
for around $20 million, earned critical praise and marked a box
office comeback for Reeves, 52, after a handful of
low-performing films.
For the second chapter, Reeves said the budget was higher, which
allowed for expensive locations, such as the catacombs in Rome
and Lincoln Center in Manhattan. A third chapter is already in
discussion, the director Chad Stahelski said.
Reeves' career in Hollywood spans more than 30 years, with hits
including 1989's quirky time-travel comedy "Bill & Ted's
Excellent Adventure," 1994's action thriller "Speed" and the
mind-bending "Matrix" sci-fi franchise.
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More recently, he starred as a menacing motel owner in last year's
Hollywood thriller "Neon Demon" and as a doctor helping a girl
battling anorexia in this year's Sundance premiere "To The Bone."
"My whole career, I've tried to do different kinds of genres and
different scales of film," the actor said.
Reeves said plans for a sequel to "Bill and Ted," a cult favorite
among film lovers, is currently in the works.
"Bill and Ted were supposed to change the world and write the song
that saves the world, so the pressures of having to do that and not
having succeeded yet - what that's done to their relationships,
their marriage their children and their lives, it's a cool premise,"
he said.
(Additional reporting by Simon Thompson for Reuters TV; Editing by
Bernard Orr)
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