There may be an expansive future being deliberate for the John Wick franchise, with three new options set throughout the canon introduced to be in growth earlier this yr, nevertheless it’s unhappy to know that one particular side of the flicks is being left prior to now: the connection between The Continental supervisor Winston Scott and the resort’s concierge, Charon. Ian McShane and Lance Reddick make a terrific double act within the 4 John Wick movies, and it is unhappy that we cannot get to see the performers again on display screen once more following Reddick’s passing in early 2023.
The late actor died shortly after finishing the press tour for the worldwide launch of John Wick: Chapter 4, and Ian McShane – who was paired with him for a lot of interviews – has been reflecting on their final time collectively throughout the ramp as much as the arrival of Ballerina. During the 2025 film’s New York press day, CinemaBlend’s Hannah Saulic requested McShane about their time collectively making the Ana de Armas-led movie, and he recalled his final time seeing his co-star:
I have been fascinated by him lots immediately. Yeah, as a result of normally we would be doing it collectively, you understand? It’s simply humorous. It’s just like the final time we did this, we did, we have been in LA. We did the Kelly Clarkson Present, after which we have been going off to Europe the following day. I used to be going to – trigger we had the world premiere in London. He was going off elsewhere. And I stated, ‘I am going to see you again in LA.’ I by no means noticed him once more. It’s like life is, you understand, fleeting, so be secure, yeah.
Ian McShane and Lance Reddick shot their scenes for Ballerina in late 2022, with the motion within the movie going down between the occasions of John Wick: Chapter 3 and John Wick: Chapter 4. Will probably be the final time that audiences get to see Winston Scott and Charon on display screen collectively – the characters aiding Ana de Armas’ Eve Macarro in comparable vogue to how they helped Keanu Reeves titular protagonist within the John Wick movies.
Since Lance Reddick’s passing, audiences have been fortunate sufficient to proceed seeing him in a lot of new initiatives – each live-action and voice over. Ballerina is arriving following the releases of the White Males Cannot Bounce remake, The Caine Mutiny Court docket-Martial (director William Friedkin’s remaining movie), and the biopic Shirley. He voices Thordak in episodes of the Prime Video sequence The Legend of Vox Machina and is Lex Luthor in HBO Max’s animated DC present Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
That includes John Wick veterans Keanu Reeves, Ian McShane, Lance Reddick and Anjelica Huston along with franchise newcomers together with Gabriel Byrne, Norman Reedus, David Castañeda, and Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Ballerina arrives in theaters this Friday, June 6.
