John Wick 3 director Chad Stahelski: We tried to open up the universe

First of all congratulations on the film I love this franchise and pairing up my favorite actress with one of my favorite franchises its like heaven for me So I got to ask what does the character Sophia bring to the John Wick universeI think we get a little John Wick backstory We have world expansion and we get a kick ass female character doing something for I think the right reasons and showing the depth of the emotionality we can have in our world So its not just plugging an actress into an action role We get a little bit of emotion behind it I thinkAbsolutely Now for you were you always a fan of John Wick and what was your experience when you first saw it and when did you know you want it to be a part of this universeJohn Wick One I watched it when he came out I saw in the cinema and I loved it the first time I saw it I love the world I loved when I saw Keanu doing everything he did And I mean hes gone 300 times further now But the first movie I was just blown away and I thought wow we have all this access to CG and were seeing all these superhero movies But here it was just a guy who was doing this for real And I got really lit up by that And then so the second one I got more lit up and when I heard they were making a third one I was like okay wait a goddamn minute Somebody is putting me in this movie Theres no way Im not going to be in this movie So luckily Chad let me do thatOn writing Sofias character only for Halle BerryChad Stahelski Absolutely Well put it this way the character the characters name was there before we met Halle Berry and after we met Halle Berry we rewrote the entire character so the character on screen was written for her nervously so that was after I get nervous writing a character Every time that Ive written that thing Oh My GodHalle Berry on what she had heard about Keanu before getting to work with himHalle Berry What I have heard and what a lot of people heard is that he is the nicest man in the whole wide worldDirector Chad Stahelski on how the franchise continues to attract such high quality cast and crewChad Stahelski Its a complete mystery to me Actually I have no idea but I am happy for it You know hopefully it has something to do with the look that we give it We try to make action look very pretty like the aesthetic The fact that we try to bend the rules of filmmaking a little bit And we tried to open up the universe Id like to think that I offered an environment that is collaborative and creatively open to express a lot of ideas to take it somewhere elseHalle Berry on working with her dogs in the filmI loved these dogs I really did I spent five months with them 34 days a week going over training with them learning them and learning me and really getting to understand how they are and they work And how we can best work with themOn Filming in MoroccoHalle Berry I thought it was beautiful It was a nice change far away far from the world It was colourful I could smell it through the screen you know its palpableChad Stahelski Same you know with juxtaposition to New York city an Arabic environment that had such a rich and colourful paletteOn how the John Wick series redefines action filmsHalle Berry I think you know this John Wick series has brought a revolution in action genre and it is something different from what we are offered today Its real life action and it is beautiful Its story telling in a way which is kind of different for an action movie but it has got an amazing cast It wont disappoint it has got Keanu Reeves who I think singlehandedly who is one of the only guys in this generation that can really get away with Not talking in a film but still being present and is interesting to watch I know thats what I watch for whenever I watch these movies I love to watch them do thatSo with every film Im sure you learned a new skill set and this one being now youre like a real dog trainer Just that you had the full command of that How was that experienceHalle Berry That was great I love animals I have two dogs and so everything I learned from there Ive been able to parlay that into my real life Like I have these killer labradoodles nowChad Stahelski They wear a bulletproof vest when they deliver the newspaperHalle Berry Somebody comes to the door I have all these commands for them now They really could attack somebody I mean I dont know if theyre going to go for the balls but they could really attack somebodyTop entertainment stories of the dayKangana Ranaut slays like a boss in a black pantsuit at Cannes Grey Goose PartyDe De Pyar De Movie Review Old man and the khichdiCannes 2019 Priyanka Chopra looks like a goddess in an ombre sequin thighhigh slit dressCannes 2019 Deepika Padukone is a vision in white thighhigh slit gownCannes 2019 Kangana Ranaut nails the saree and opera gloves look with panacheTiger Shroff Danceoff with Hrithik Roshan will be toughFrom Bharat to Kyrgyzstan makers plan a worldwide releaseAditya Seal Didnt draw comparisons between SOTY 2 and 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