‘John Wick’ stars honor late co-star Lance Reddick

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne have been among the many “John Wick: Chapter 4” stars honoring Lance Reddick, their co-star who died unexpectedly final week, on the movie’s Los Angeles premiere.

“We misplaced our brother, and in a very type of very stunning method. I believe we’re all nonetheless in shock. “Life is,” the visibly-shaken Fishburne mentioned, pausing briefly earlier than persevering with, “arduous generally.”

Lots of those that labored on the movie wore blue ribbons to honor Reddick, who was a prolific character actor with outstanding roles in “The Wire,” “Oz” and the “John Wick” movie franchise.

“Simply to be in his gentle and to get an opportunity to work with him, I’ll cherish for the remainder of my life,” Reeves mentioned. “He had such a ardour for his work and his craft. He was gracious. He had a dignity to him and a presence.”

Reddick, 60, died Friday in Los Angeles of pure causes, his publicist Mia Hansen mentioned. No additional particulars have been supplied.

Tributes have poured in for the actor, whose roles made him a beloved and recognizable star of tv and movies. He performed Charon, the multi-skilled Continental Lodge concierge who’s keen on Wick, an murderer performed by Reeves. The newest installment arrives in theaters Friday.

“He’s the goodness of this movie. He was sort of, in some ways, the center of the movie as a result of his character liked John Wick,” Fisburne mentioned.

“You understand, it’s all the time arduous once you lose somebody that you simply love dearly . . . however you’re additionally extremely grateful for the time you had collectively. We have been lucky sufficient to work with Lance because the very starting of the ‘John Wick’ franchise. I imply it’s been virtually 10 years,” director Chad Stahelski mentioned. “I actually want he might be with us tonight, however, you understand, life. However we’re very lucky to have recognized him. And he’s an awesome man, an awesome artist, an awesome human, a pricey good friend.”

Shamier Moore, a newcomer to “Wick” franchise, recalled how Reddick took time to say a form phrase on set.

“I grew up watching Lance Reddick. It’s a bittersweet second as a result of he was undoubtedly certainly one of my heroes rising up as an actor, as a Black actor,” Moore mentioned. And regardless that we didn’t share display screen time collectively on this movie, we shared a while off digital camera and he was salt of the Earth when he first met me.

“He mentioned, ‘Shamier, you’re unimaginable. I like your work man,’ and like, it melted me like a puddle. ”