Ever since its inception, the John Wick franchise has prided itself on being something akin to a much classier version of The Expendables. The big names are there, and they’re all wielding guns and kicking ass, but it’s done with much more style and panache than Sylvester Stallone’s bang of aging ass-kickers, which makes Donnie Yen’s involvement all the more fitting.
Not only did the martial arts icon turn down a role in the aforementioned series because he wasn’t sold on how his character would be portrayed – which is understandable when Jet Li literally plays a dude named Yin Yang – but he also battled with the team behind John Wick: Chapter 4 to ensure that he wasn’t hired simply to be another Asian stereotype.
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