British action star plays the hitman-battling Killa in John Wick: Chapter 4.
Adkins, a veteran of the action movie scene, had long wanted to appear in aJohn Wickfilm.
The role of Killa would require the actor to wear a fat suit and facial prosthetics.
Scott Adkins as Killa in ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’.Lionsgate
says Adkins, 46, whose many other credits includeThe Expendables 2andDoctor Strange.
“I was like, ‘Absolutely, I do.’
I’m thinking, what does he mean by that?
Scott Adkins.Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
I was just told to think about Signor Ferrari fromCasablancameets Sammo Hung.
“I’m finally in aJohn Wickfilm, but is anyone going to recognize me?
But that took a second place to the opportunity to create this interesting part.”
“I just came down to set to meet people,” says Adkins.
But that’s the kind of guy he is.”
The onscreen relationship between Reeves' John Wick and Adkins' Killa is markedly less cordial.
There’s animosity between John Wick and him for something that Killa may have done to somebody."
Adkins recalls rehearsing how his plus-sized character might battle Reeves' hitman in an unusual fashion.
And Keanu’s so well trained that you could show him there and then.
Okay, we’re going to do this, and he’s able to do it.
He’s a badass."
Reeves is similarly complimentary about Adkins.
He’s great."
It is fair to say that any misgivings he had about the role vanished before the end.
“I did ADR, but I hadn’t seen the whole film,” he says.
“There’s so much action, there’s certain sequences that I didn’t even know about.
I do think it’s one of the best action films ever made.
And I’ve seen a few!”
John Wick: Chapter 4hits theaters March 24.
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