New ‘John Wick: Chapter 2’ Photo Is A ‘Matrix’ Reunion
There are many, many reasons to look forward toJohn Wick: Chapter 2, but one is the fact that it’ll be aThe Matrixreunion in miniature. As we reported last year,Laurence Fishburnehas joinedKeanu Reevesin the action sequel — which is being directed byChad Stahelski, a stuntman and stunt coordinator on theMatrixtrilogy. The earlier trailers have already given us a peek at Fishburne’s character, the Bowery King. Now today, a new image shows the former Neo and the former Morpheus together again.
Speaking toEntertainment Weekly, Reeves revealed how Fishburne wound up in the movie — and whom exactly Fishburne is playing in it.
It was so cool to have a chance to work with Laurence Fishburne again, with the history that we have professionally and personally. I ran into him, and he was saying that he was a fan of the first film, and was there anything in the second film. I said, ‘As a matter of fact there is!’ So, we sent him the project and he responded to the role. Lawrence is playing a character called the Bowery King. He is a leader of this underworld in New York City. He knows everything about everything and he helps John in his mission. It was cool to act with him again and hopefully people will enjoying seeing us reunited.
In addition to Fishburne’s Bowery King,John Wick: Chapter 2features a number of other new characters played byRuby Rose,Riccardo Scamarcio, andCommon. But we wouldn’t get too attached to them if we were you — it looks like they’ll be going up against John Wick, and as we saw in the first film, people who go up against John Wick don’t have a great track record of survival. Speaking of the first film, there are a few familiar faces returning as well, including Aurelio (John Leguizamo), Charon (Lance Reddick), and Winston (Ian McShane).
