Keanu Reeves begged for John Wick to be ‘definitively’ killed off in ‘Chapter 4’ after becoming exhausted.

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After 4 made money, actor and filmmakers considered retconning the death for Chapter 5.

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It sounds like Reeves was ready to retire his newest successful franchise character.

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Franchise producer Basil Iwanyk told Collider (via Deadline) that Reeves was ready for a break.

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“After the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th movie, making these films is so exhausting and destroys Keanu, physically and emotionally,” Iwanyk remarked.

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We agree with him when he says, ‘I can’t do this again,’ towards the end.

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He's a shell because he just goes for it.

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He said, ‘I wanna be definitively dead at the end of this movie.’

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He and series director Chad Stahleski are “getting together to figure out what that story is” for the fifth film, which they hadn't planned.

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