interpreting Gabrielle Solis in desperate women, Eva Longoria He showed us that he is very dangerous when he wants to. Something that will surely have come in handy in her thriving career as a producer. But we would never have imagined that the most famous murderer in the world owed his skin to him.
Thanks to an interview in Business Insider (via Entertainment Weekly), the director Chad Stahelski has revealed that, thanks to Longoria’s (secret) intervention, the best action franchise in current Hollywood was able to begin its career, back in 2014. And, as you may have already imagined, the key words are ‘Baba Yaga’.
The mysterious benefactor
As Stahelski remembers, carrying out the first installment of John Wick cost its own: not even the presence of Keanu Reeves At the head of the cast he managed to attract enough investments to shoot the film.
“We were financing ourselves independently, but one of the investors couldn’t raise the money in time,” says the director. “(Longoria) came to the rescue and gave us the money that was missing 24 hours before we had to cancel filming and say goodbye.”
The most peculiar thing of all, Chad Stahelski continues, is that none of those involved in the film knew the identity of their benefactor until after filming had finished, when the producer Basil Iwanyk He uncovered the cake.
“Basil took us to dinner, and we were laughing at all the shit that had happened when he said, ‘By the way, a funny thing: do you know who covered what was left to finance you? Eva Longoria.’ And we were all like ‘What?”
The reaction of Stahelski and his partner David Leitch was to invite the actress to dinner at the hotel Chateau Marmont from Hollywood. “She was laughing as she told us: ‘I thought it wasn’t going to work,'” he recalls. And later, when they met on a red carpet, Longoria confessed: “It’s the best money I’ve ever spent in my life.” Because, he adds, the unexpected triumph of John Wick It brought him very juicy dividends.
In this way, Longoria has done her bit for an action film legend. And, although we do not know if the payment in question took place in gold coins, we are sure that the producer and actress is guaranteed a suite in the Continental whenever you need it.
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