John Wick: Chapter 4's Lance Reddick & Ian McShane on Their Roles in Ballerina & Growth of Franchise
223Leading up to the theatrical release of the highly-anticipated Keanu Reeves-led John Wick: Chapter 4, Collider’s Steve Weintraub was able to sit down and discuss the movie with two of the franchise’s mainstays, Lance Reddick, who plays Continental concierge, Charon, and Ian McShane as Winston, the esteemed manager of said Continental Hotel. During the interview, Reddick, who’s best known for roles in popular series like The Wire and Fringe, discusses with us the way John Wick grew from “almost an independent film” to a “juggernaut” that transformed what action sagas could be, and we find out McShane (Deadwood) is as big a fan as we are of the “balletic quality of the kineticism of the action,” and director Chad Stahelski.
In Chapter 4, the lore of the High Table and the assassin underworld they orchestrate will further expand with the introduction of Bill Skarsgård’s Marquis de Gramont, tasked with tidying up the previous films’ bloodshed. A man-on-man fight against the Marquis appears to be John Wick’s (Reeves) final chance at freedom, but he’ll have to fight his way through the High Table member’s global alliances, including those Wick believed he could trust. Chapter 4 sees the return of Laurence Fishburne as Wick’s ally, the Bowery King, and introduces Donnie Yen, Shamier Anderson, Hiroyuki Sanada, Natalia Tena, Scott Adkins, and more.
Both Reddick and McShane will reprise their roles for the Wick universe spinoffs, Ballerina, starring Ana de Armas, as well as the announced Peacock prequel series, The Continental.
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