Stunt coordinator and second unit director Darrin Prescott breaks down the opening car chase scene from John Wick: Chapter 2. Find out how they filmed these remarkable driving stunts and why he believes that Keanu Reeves is the best actor-driver in the business. Darrin is also known for his work on Baby Driver.
Release date: 17 February 2017 (United Kingdom)
Director: Chad Stahelski
Network: HBO
Producers: Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Riccardo Scamarcio, Ian McShane
Written by: Derek Kolstad
Editor: Evan Schiff
Cinematography by: Dan Laustsen
Synopsis: Renowned assassin John Wick sets out for Rome to duel with some of the deadliest killers to fulfill a vow he made. However, he soon learns that there is a huge bounty on his head.
Stunts
Jonathan Eusebio - fight coordinator
Eric Brown - fight choreographer / utility stunts
J.J. Perry - supervising stunt coordinator
Calvin Ahn - Stunts
Airon Armstrong - stunt performer / stunts
Stefanie Barbato - stunts (as Stefanie Barry)
Clayton J. Barber - stunt performer (as Clayton Jack Barber)
Eric Belanger - stunts: Montreal
Krista Bell - stunts
Daniel Bernhardt - stunts
Chino Binamo - stunts
Marc-Andre Brisebois - stunts: Montreal
Steven Cachie Brown - stunt double: Lance Reddick / stunts
David Anthony Buglione - stunt performer / stunts
Bryce Burke - stunts
Taran Butler - stunts
Anis Cheurfa - stunts
Jimmy Chhiu - stunt performer / stunts
Aaron Cohen - stunts
Tim Connolly - stunt performer / stunts
Gary Daniels - Stunts
Agostino De Cesaris - stunts
Ottaviano Dell'Acqua - stunts
Dimiter Doichinov - stunt performer
Joe Dryden - stunt driver
Stephen Dunlevy - stunts
Marc Désourdy - stunt coordinator: Montreal
Ilian Emanviov - stunts (as Ilian Emanulov)
Valentina Flammini - stunts
Jeremy Fry - stunt double / stunts
François Gauthier - stunts: Montreal
Andrea Giglio - Stunts
Maria Gnecchi - stunt coordinator assistant: Italy
Daniel Graham - stunt double: common
Federico Grillo - utility stunts
Dante Ha - stunt performer / stunts
Ryan Hanna - stunts / utility stunts
Daniel Hargrave - stunt double / stunt double: Keanu Reeves / John Wick
Rayshine Harris - stunts
Daniel Hernandez - assistant stunt coordinator
Jay Hieron - stunt double: Common / Cassian / stunt performer
Haaron Hines - stunts
Niahlah Hope - stunt performer / stunts
Dian Hristov - stunt performer / stunts
Alvin Hsing - stunt performer / stunts
Jason Hsu - stunts: Montreal
Alex Huynh - stunt performer / stunts
Zoltán Hódi - stunt performer (as Zoltan Hodi) / stunts (as Zoltan Hodi)
Stephen Izzi - stunts
Danko Jordanov - stunt performer
Aaron Joshua - stunts
Eric Kim - stunts
Efka Kvaraciejus - stunt performer / stunts
Héléna Laliberté - stunts: Montreal
Gilbert Larose Jr. - stunts: Montreal
Marco Lascari - stunt performer / stunts
Michael Lehr - stunt performer / stunts
Suo Liu - stunts
David S. Lomax - stunts (as David Lomax)
Mitchell Macintyre - stunt performer / stunts: Montreal
Georgi Manchev - stunt performer / stunts
Jeremy Marinas - stunts
Viola Marini - stunt performer
Stilyan Mavrov - stunt performer / stunts
Devon McKenzie - stunts
Kyle Mclean - stunts
Jason Mello - stunts
Erick Meslier - stunts: Montreal
Hiroo Minami - stunt performer / stunts
Rudyard Moncayo - stunt performer
Heidi Moneymaker - stunt double: Ruby Rose / stunts
Robert Nagle - stunt driver / stunts
Panuvat Anthony Nanakornpanom - stunts
Dario Narducci - stunts
Niko Nedyalkov - stunts
Jason Ng - stunt performer / stunts
Jim Ng - stunts
Nnamdi Nwosa - stunts
Femi Olagoke - stunts
Noon Orsatti - stunts
Claudio Pacifico - stunt coordinator: Italy
Allan Padelford - stunt driver / stunts
Christopher Parker - stunts / utility stunts
Francesco Petrazzi - stunts
Balint Pinczehelyi - stunt performer
Darrin Prescott - stunt coordinator
Oleg Prudius - stunts
Angelo Ragusa - stunts
Dejay Roestenberg - stunts
Entony Ruscetta - stunt performer / stunts
Spencer Sano - stunt performer / stunts
Fabio Saraceni - stunts
Maxime Savaria - stunts: Montreal
Gabriele Scilla - stunt performer (as Gabrielle Scilla) / stunt performer / stunts
Gianluigi Scilla - stunt performer / stunts
Hannah Scott - Stunts
Kenny Sheard - stunts
Nobuya Shimamoto - stunt performer / stunts: Montreal
Stefan Shopov - stunt performer / stunts
Robbie P Smith - stunts
Philippe Souvay - stunt rigger: Montreal
Jackson Spidell - stunt double: Keanu Reeves / John Wick
Martin St-Antoine - head stunt rigger: Montreal
Vencislav Stojanov - stunts
Nuo Sun - utility stunts
Evan Dane Taylor - stunt performer / stunts
Bruno Verdirosi - stunts
Vittorio Verdirosi - stunts
Lee Villeneuve - stunts: Montreal
PaiSen Wang - stunts
Earl Weathers - stunt performer / stunts
Jen Weissenberg - stunts
Kenny Wong - Stunts
Marielle Woods - stunts assistant / stunts
Johnny Yang - stunts
Justin Yu - fight team / utility stunts
Stephen Koepfer – uncredited
Credit: Vanity Fair
I must do a special on Keanu Reeves as he's such a committed physical actor. I'll try and find some more behind the scenes action to share with you from the John Wick series.