John Wick Chad Stahelski director reveals the story of how Eva Longoria has helped save the film

The world full of action action by John Wick He almost never arrived on the screen and according to the director Chad Stahelskiall of us Desperate housewives star Eva Longoria To thank for saving him.

In a wild behind the scenes reveals by the new documentary Wick is painNow in streaming on Pvod, Stahelski has opened up on the first financial struggles of the film and on the unexpected hero who intervened. Stahelski told Comicbook:

“Dave [Leitch] And I didn’t know anything about her until we wrapped up, until the film came out. Then [producer] Basil [Iwanyk] I said to it: “Hey, by the way, you guys have planned a lunch with Eva,” and we are like “Oh, it’s fantastic.

“Would we like to meet her, fantastic, why do you want to meet us?” It is like “No, no, no – you will buy them the lunch and you thank me for that.” “

Results, Longoria has invested quietly John Wick In a critical moment in which he had a desperate need for funding to survive. At the time it was not a manufacturer or financier veteran, only someone who believed in supporting filmmakers.

That jump of faith has made its fruits in an enormous way. According to Business Insider, he has since doubled his participation and still collects residues while the franchise continues to expand. Stahelski continued;

“We are like, ‘Well, backup, what?’ For example, nobody had told us, so we didn’t know much, much later in the game.

‘When Dave and I arrived for lunch, it was still very fresh in our minds, we had been told only the day or two before. So, we got there and sat for lunch and we are like, ‘look, we never met before, but we don’t even know what to say,’ We were very embarrassed. “

What followed was a deeply humiliating moment for the filmmakers, who suddenly found themselves face to face with the woman who unknowingly contributed to giving a push to their career. Stahelski added:

“We were like,” I would like someone to say [us]”If someone had told us on the first day, I have no doubts that Dave and I would have skipped on a plane from New York, flew to Los Angeles and Falciano his lawn …

“We were too fascinating and grateful, we weren’t very cool at all. We are just like,” we can’t thank you enough “, we were almost in tears and it was really beautiful, it was like” no no. “

I love this story! A story of Hollywood behind the scenes in which a project of passion goes into collapse and an unexpected player passes through glory, but only to help. And now, thanks to the support of Longoria, John Wick He went from a victim almost to a global action franchise.