How Eva Longoria saved the first John Wick, 24 hours before the disaster

Directors Chad Stahelski and David Leitch owe a lot to the actress and producer.

Within 24 hours, John Wick almost never saw the light of day. The film by Chad Stahelski and David Leitch owes its salvation only to Eva Longoria, who put six million dollars into the project, 24 hours before the start of the first shots. In an interview given to Business Insider for the tenth anniversary of the feature film, the directors remember: “ We were less than a week away from filming and we lost almost $6 million in funding “, says Stahelski, who specifies that one of the investors ” could not raise the money in time “.

Leitch, Stahelski, Keanu Reeves and producer Basil Iwanyk had already invested a lot of their own money into this project. The major Hollywood acting agency CAA, which was helping the team to arrange financing for the film, then tried everything and asked the talents it represented to put in the pot. That's where Eva Longoria came in as a savior and filled the six million hole so filming could begin. “ Eva came to the rescue and provided the missing funding, literally less than 24 hours before everything fell apart “, notes Stahelski.

Stahelski and Leitch eventually invited Longoria to lunch at the prestigious Chateau Marmont to thank her for saving John Wick. “ She laughed and said: ''I didn't think it was going to work'',” recalls Stahelski, while Leitch points out that Longoria later assured him that he had never made such a good investment. Remember that the franchise John Wick grossed over $1 billion at the worldwide box office. What tempt Eva Longoria to participate as an actress in a future film in the saga? David Leitch assures that she “ wants it » and that she wants “ take action. I would love to work with her, we are trying to find something for her. »

Ballerinathe first spin-off of John Wick in cinemas, will be released on June 4, 2025. Ana de Armas will play the main role, a woman raised as an assassin, who sets out in search of the murderers of her family. Watch the trailer: