You likely know them as the directors behind films like “Hobbs & Shaw,” “Atomic Blonde,” “Deadpool 2,” and the three “John Wick” films, but Chad Stahelski and David Leitch made their mark on action films long before they became A-list directors. In 1997, the ambitious stunt performers started action design company 87Eleven with a dream of becoming leaders in practical action.
Keanu Reeves, whose collaboration with the duo dates back to when Stahelski was his stunt double on the first “Matrix,” has watched how his creative partners in the “John Wick” series built their business.
“When they started the company and then started to get a reputation for second unit directing, it’s because they brought that storytelling into it,” Reeves told IndieWire. “The way that they go about doing action was very story oriented with the characters: What’s the situation, what’s the story the director wants to tell? And...
Keanu Reeves, whose collaboration with the duo dates back to when Stahelski was his stunt double on the first “Matrix,” has watched how his creative partners in the “John Wick” series built their business.
“When they started the company and then started to get a reputation for second unit directing, it’s because they brought that storytelling into it,” Reeves told IndieWire. “The way that they go about doing action was very story oriented with the characters: What’s the situation, what’s the story the director wants to tell? And...
- 12/3/2019
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
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