John Wick: Chapter 4 Interview: Scott Adkins on Fighting With Prosthetics & Donnie Yen
ComingSoon Editor-in-Chief Tyler Treese spoke with John Wick: Chapter 4 star about the intense action movie sequel (watch and read more interviews). John Wick: Chapter 4 is out on digital now and on 4K, Blu-ray, and DVD.
“With the price on his head ever increasing, legendary hit man John Wick takes his fight against the High Table global as he seeks out the most powerful players in the underworld, from New York to Paris to Japan to Berlin,” reads the movie‘s synopsis.
Well, initially that was like, “Oh damn, I’m going to get to be in John Wick 4 and they’re not going to notice me.” So I had that little sting at the beginning, but no, I enjoyed being able to create a character. It’s a showy part — a lot of people responded well to the part, and it couldn’t have gone better for me. I enjoyed it. Look, I get to show that I can act and am not just about all the kicking and the punching — I’m more than that. I can play Killa Harkan! [Laugh].
Yeah, that was the biggest appeal, because obviously, I’ve done all that. I’ve done all that. I’ve made a lot of action films, [I’m] well-known for martial arts movies and everything. This was a great opportunity to really show what I can do, you know? And create a character. I think Chad [Stahelski] saw in me that I’ve done character work in the past and that I am able to disappear into a role and that that’s what he wanted. So, yeah, it was a good opportunity.
Took about three-and-a-half hours every day. The makeup team was great because they were big fans of Hong Kong movies, so we would watch Hong Kong movies while they were doing that. They were a lot of fun, Lou [Elsey] and Dave [Elsey]. So yeah, we would just get ready, get made up, and I would have a bucket with a load of ice
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