Posted by Filmmaker Chad Stahelski started his career as a stuntman and has served as a stunt double for actor Brandon Lee
Stahelski also served as a stunt double for Keanu Reeves in The Matrix franchise before
directing the actor in the John Wick franchise.
Stahelski co-directed 2014’s John Wick alongside David Leitch which received positive comments from the audience and critics. For the sequels of the movie, Stahelski helmed the position alone and the movies have performed exceptionally well at the box office. The director recently expressed his desire to venture out his directorial plans into a very successful franchise. Let’s find out.
John Wick director Chad Stahelski wants to take a swing at Star Wars
Chad Stahelski, known for directing one of the nicest actors in the industry Keanu Reeves in the John Wick movies, has expressed his desire to helm a movie from the Star Wars franchise.
In a recent interview with Josh Horowitz on his Happy Sad Confused podcast, Chad Stahelski said,
“I’m a Star Wars guy. The first Star Wars changed my life path. Maybe someday out there, Disney if you’re listening, hit me in a couple of years. I have a couple of takes for Star Wars. I’d take a swing at that, see if Disney could survive me.”
The director was asked about being deeply involved in John Wick‘s world to which he said,
“I’ve been asked a lot about ‘Why do you do John Wicks? Don’t you want to try something else?’. Yes of course I do, but given the choice I’ve had and the parameters that were presented to me, as far as opportunities went, I felt like I could do more and bring something more, and do more of what I want, and do the fights and the anime and the action more my way by doing John Wick.”
Being a stuntman, Chad Stahelski added that he still has a little bit of a competitive mindset left in him. He explained that he also struggles with saying no to people, describing it as a big ego dump.
Fans react to Chad Stahelski’s interest in making a Star Wars movie
The audience has immense respect and appreciation for Chad Stahelski’s John Wick movies. So, it won’t be wrong to say that they are looking forward to the director directing a Star Wars movie. Some of them took to their social media to share their excitement.
A user wrote, “May the Wick be with you, Chad! Can’t wait to see lightsabers and bullet dodging in the same scene. Make it happen!” while another mentioned, “Need to get back to Samurai influenced Star Wars. Would love to see a badass Japanese male lead. Chad would be perfect for that.”
An X user who seemed to have caught up on the John Wick meets Star Wars vibe in the comment section mentioned, “Prepare for the most epic lightsaber duels ever,’ while another user wrote, “Force Unleashed is right over there.”
Fans seemed excited with the idea of Chad Stahelski directing a Star Wars movie. A section of the audience mentioned that the director might be able to do justice with the movie as John Wick is the best of both worlds (action and world-building). It will be interesting to see how it all unfolds, if it actually does.