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  • >> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY, TO "THE LATE SHOW,"

  • ALREADY IN PROGRESS.

  • LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU KNOW MY FIRST GUEST FROM MOVIES SUCH

  • AS "SPEED," "POINT BREAK", "THE MATRIX," AND THE "JOHN WICK"

  • SERIES OF INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS.

  • PLEASE WELCOME, KEANU REEVES!

  • ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪

  • >> STEPHEN!

  • ( CHEERS ) >> Stephen: GOOD TO SEE YOU

  • AGAIN.

  • HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?

  • >> I'VE BEEN GOOD.

  • ( CHEERS ) YEAH, GOOD EVENING.

  • >> Stephen: PEOPLE ENJOY-- PEOPLE ENJOY THE KEANU REEVES.

  • THAT'S VERY NICE.

  • >> THAT IS NICE!

  • THANK YOU.

  • >> Stephen: THE LATEST INSTALLMENT OF "JOHN WICK" SHOWS

  • YOU WITH REALLY EXTRAORDINARY AGILITY.

  • AND-- AND PHYSICAL CAPABILITY.

  • YOU-- YOU-- YOU SAY YOU DON'T DO YOUR STUNTS, BUT DO YOU YOUR

  • ACTION.

  • >> I DO ACTION, YEAH.

  • >> Stephen: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN "DO YOUR ACTION" AS OPPOSED

  • TO YOUR STUNT?

  • >> OKAY SO I'LL DO SOME FIGHT SCENES, AND THEN JOHN WICK WILL

  • GET HIT BY A CAR, AND THAT'S JACKSON SPIDEL--

  • >> Stephen: THAT'S YOUR STUNT MAN.

  • >> YES, WHO IS AN AMAZING STUNT MAN.

  • AND HE GETS HIT BY THE CAR.

  • THEN I'LL GET UP FROM THE CAR, AND THEN I'LL DO A WHOLE BUNCH

  • MORE OF, LIKE, ARE KUNG FU AND WHATEVER AND JUDO.

  • AND THEN MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THEN IF I GET THROWN OFF OF

  • SOMETHING, THEN JACKSON DOES HIS THING.

  • >> Stephen: RIGHT.

  • >> BUT IN THE FILM -- >> Stephen: BUT YOU COULD IF

  • YOU WANTED TO, BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE HIS JOB AWAY.

  • >> I COULD GET HIT BY A CAR BUT, YOU KNOW, HOSPITAL.

  • ( LAUGHTER ).

  • >> Stephen: OH, YOU COULD GET HIT BY A CAR ONCE, LAST FILM.

  • >> THAT'S IT.

  • >> Stephen: YES.

  • >> BUT JACKSON IS A PROFESSIONAL, AND HE KNOWS HOW

  • TO DO THAT AND-- BUT, I MEAN, FOR JOHN WICK ACTION IS A

  • PARTICULAR KIND OF ACTION.

  • THE DIRECTOR WANTS TO MAKE IT IMMERSIVE AND WANTS TO MAKE IT

  • LUKE A PERFORMANCE, SO IT'S REALLY LONG TAKES.

  • SO WE-- YOU KNOW, YOU TRAIN FOR A WHILE.

  • >> Stephen: WHAT I LOVE IS YOU SEE THE FIGHT HAPPENING.

  • >> YEAH, EXACTLY.

  • >> Stephen: IT'S LIKE WATCHING DANCE.

  • >> YEAH, IT'S VERY MUCH LIKE THAT.

  • THE DIRECTOR HAS A VISION, THEN THERE'S SOME CHOREOGRAPHY MOST

  • OF THE TIME.

  • AND THEN-- AND THEN WE GO, WE REHEARSE AND THEN WE PERFORM.

  • >> Stephen: A SINGLE FIGHT, LET'S SAY ONE FIVE-MINUTE FIGHT,

  • YOU MIGHT DO, HOW LONG ARE YOU TRAINING FOR THAT FIGHT?

  • >> WELL, IT DEPENDS.

  • SO THEY DON'T-- OKAY SO, THERE'S A COUPLE FIGHTS WHERE WE TRAINED

  • A COUPLE OF DAYS, BUT WHAT REALLY HAPPENS IS FOR ME, THEY

  • GET-- I GET BASICALLY LIKE A JOHN WICK TOOLBOX SO I'LL KNOW

  • HOWEVER MANY JUDO THROWS.

  • THEY'LL CHOREOGRAPH MOST OF THE JUJITSU.

  • WITH THE HORSE, THERE'S A HORSE FIGHT NOW.

  • SO I HAVE TO DO SOME -- >> Stephen: YOU FIGHT A HORSE.

  • >> I HAD TO GET OFF THE SADDLE.

  • NO, I'M ON THE HORSE AND THEN -- >> Stephen: THE HORSE IS

  • FIGHTING.

  • THE HORSE IS FIGHTING.

  • >> IT'S JOHN WICK.

  • IT'S LIKE, INSTEAD OF JUST RIDING THE HORSE YOU HAVE TO

  • HAVE A GUN FIGHT AND DO ALL OF THAT SORT OF STUFF.

  • >> Stephen: WHAT IS IT LIKE TO FIGHT ON A HORSE?

  • >> IT'S FUN.

  • ( LAUGHTER ).

  • >> Stephen: DOES THAT MAKE YOU NERVOUS AT ALL?

  • >> NO!

  • IT'S A MOVIE!

  • IT'S FUN!

  • >> Stephen: BUT THE HORSE IS REAL.

  • YOU COULD GETUE COULD GET THROWN AND TRAMPLED.

  • >> YEAH, YOU CAN DIE.

  • ( LAUGHTER ) BUT THE THING IS-- BUT THE THING

  • IS, I MEAN -- >> Stephen: I WASN'T GOING TO

  • GO THAT FAR, BUT THAT'S TRUE.

  • >> THAT'S WHAT CAN HAPPEN.

  • BUT THEY HAVE A SAFETY SYSTEM SO THEY CREATED THIS RIG, WITH THE

  • HORSE BEHIND A TRUCK AND THE THING --

  • >> Stephen: THEY STRAP THE HORSE BEHIND A TRUCK.

  • WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

  • >> WELL KIND-- IT'S VERY COMPLICATED.

  • BUT ANYWAY, YOU WON'T SEE THAT IN THE MOVIE.

  • I'LL JUST BE RIDING, AND IT WILL LOOK-- HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WILL

  • ENJOY IT, BUT-- ( APPLAUSE )

  • ( CHEERS ) BUT IT'S JOHN WICK!

  • >> Stephen: I THINK WE HAVE-- I THINK WE HAVE AN IMAGE-- I

  • THINK WE HAVE AN IMAGE.

  • IS THIS THE HORSE THING?

  • >> YEAH, YEAH, BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY JUST RIDING.

  • >> Stephen: THAT'S JUST RIDING, OKAY.

  • >> THAT'S JUST RIDING.

  • THERE'S A WHOLE OTHER THING THAT HAPPENS.

  • >> Stephen: DID YOU KNOW HOW TO RIDE BEFORE THIS?

  • >> YEAH, A LITTLE BIT.

  • A LITTLE BIT.

  • >> Stephen: HAVE YOU EVER PLAYED A COWBOY?

  • >> NO.

  • >> Stephen: OKAY.

  • >> YEAH.

  • I'D LIKE TO.

  • A WESTERN WOULD BE FUN.

  • >> Stephen: SURE.

  • >> BUT WITH THIS IT WAS JUST-- YOU KNOW, I WORKED WITH A

  • SECOND-GENERATION HORSE MASTER TAD GRIFFITH AND HIS FAMILY.

  • YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY WHAT HAPPENS A LOT WITH JOHN WICK IS

  • YOU GET TO MEET THESE GREAT INSTRUCTORS AND TEACHERS.

  • HEAL BERRY WORKED ON THE FILM.

  • SHE WAS GREAT, AND SHE WENT INTO JOHN WICK ACTION.

  • SHE WORKED WITH TWO BELGIAN DOGS.

  • HER CHARACTER HAS DOGS.

  • AND SHE TRAINED WITH THEM FOR OVER --

  • >> Stephen: THAT'S THIS.

  • >> THAT'S THE SHOT.

  • SHE HAD TO DO SOME JOHN WICK ACTION.

  • WHICH THEN SHE TRAINED FOR ABOUT-- OVER SIX MONTHS.

  • >> Stephen: SO YOU'RE WORKING WITH HORSES.

  • YOU'RE WORKING WITH DOGS.

  • IS IT HARD TO WORK WITH THE ANIMALS ON SET?

  • >> NO, AS LONG AS YOU BUILD, "LIKE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.

  • >> Stephen: WHAT WAS YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO THESE DOGS?

  • ( LAUGHTER ).

  • >> I DIDN'T DO THE HALLE BERRY SIX-MONTH TRAINING BECAUSE THEY

  • WERE HER DOGS.

  • OKAY, AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE THE FIRST DAY THAT I WENT TO TRAIN

  • WITH HEAL WHO HAD BEEN TRAINING WITH WONDERFUL DOGS, THE TRAINER

  • SAID, "SO HALLEY'S GOING TO STAND THERE.

  • THERE SHE IS AND THERE ARE HER TWO DOGS.

  • YOU'RE GOING TO WALK UP TO THEM.

  • DON'T LOOK AT THEM.

  • DON'T LOOK AT THEM IN THE EYE."

  • >> Stephen: WHY.

  • >> BECAUSE THEY'LL-- THEY-- THEY MIGHT DO SOMETHING NOT GOOD.

  • NOW, THESE ANIMALS ARE REALLY BEAUTIFUL AND FRIENDLY AND

  • AWESOME -- >> Stephen: AS LONG AS YOU

  • DON'T LOOK AT THEM.

  • ( LAUGHTER ) THAT SOUNDS REALLY DANGEROUS.

  • DID YOU GO, "YOU KNOW, NO MORE 'JOHN WICK' MOVIES IF THAT DOG

  • TAKES MY FACE OFF."

  • >> NO, YOU JUST HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION.

  • AND EVENTUALLY I GOT TO KNOW THEM BETTER AND HE STILL TOLD ME

  • NOT TO LOOK AT THEM.

  • HALE WORKED SO MUCH THE TRAINER TOLD ME-- HALE BY THE END WAS

  • HELLO.

  • AND GIVING COMMANDS.

  • AND IF YOU SEE THE FILM, IT'S PRETTY SPECTACULAR WHAT THEY DO

  • TOGETHER.

  • >> Stephen: DID THE HORSE EVER GET SPOOKED BY THE DOGS OR, LIKE

  • -- >> NO, THEY NEVER MET EACH

  • OTHER.

  • >> Stephen: OKAY.

  • >> NO.

  • BUT DOG THEY HAD IN "JOHN WICK" ESCAPED ONCE IN TIMES SQUARE AT

  • 5:00 IN THE MORNING ASK WENT AFTER ONE THOSE OF HORSES WITH

  • THE CARTS.

  • >> Stephen: THE FIRST DOG-- >> I MEAN, IT DIDN'T GO AFTER

  • IT.

  • WE WERE DOING A SCENE, AND THEN THE HORSE AND THE THING, AND THE

  • DOG WENT, "OH!" AND IT DID A DOG THING.

  • IT WENT AFTER THE-- OH, YEAH, AND THEN THERE WAS-- WHEN WE

  • WERE IN MOROK OH, YEAH, THERE WERE THE DOGS AND A LOT OF CATS.

  • SO WE HAD, LIKE, CAT CHAOS.

  • >> Stephen: ARE THESE TRAINED CATS OR WILD CATS?

  • >> THESE ARE WILD CATS WITH THE DOGS.

  • SO THEN WE WOULD BE DOING A SCENE AND, "CAT!

  • CAT!

  • CAT!" AND THE DOGS WERE JUST LIKE BUT

  • THE THING IS WITH THE DOGS, YOU CAN'T JUST GRAB THE DOG BECAUSE

  • IF YOU -- >> Stephen: RIGHT, BECAUSE...

  • EXACTLY.

  • YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY MAKE EYE CONTACT.

  • YES, UH-HUH.

  • >> EXCITING TIMES.

  • >> Stephen: YEAH.

  • WE HAVE A CLIP HERE.

  • THIS IS NOT THE HORSE?

  • WHAT IS THIS?

  • THIS IS THE MOTORCYCLE.

  • >> YES.

  • >> Stephen: THIS IS THE MOTORCYCLE.

  • WHAT'S GOG HERE?

  • >> WE WANTED TO OPEN UP THE JOHN WICK ACTION IN THE FILM.

  • WE HAD SOME HORSES AND SOME DOGS.

  • AND NOW THE DIRECTOR HAD THE IDEA OF NINJAS AND A MOTORCYCLE

  • FIGHT.

  • >> Stephen: SURE, OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S A NATURAL.

  • >> IT'S JOHN WICK, BABY!

  • >> Stephen: COME ON.

  • JIM.

  • WICK IT.

  • ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> IT'S FUN.

  • IT'S FUN!

  • >> Stephen: WELL, YOUR FANS ARE PRETTY DARN EXCITED ABOUT A

  • RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT.

  • YOU'RE REPRIZING ANOTHER CLASSIC ROLE FROM YOUR PAST.

  • YOU AND YOUR FRIEND ALEX WINTER ANNOUNCED THAT--

  • ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) BILL AND TED ARE COMING BACK.

  • ANYTHING WE CAN KNOW ABOUT-- WHAT ARE THEY-- WHAT ARE THEY

  • DEALING WITH IN THIS ONE?

  • YOU CAN TELL ME ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

  • >> SURE, RIGHT NOW IT'S CALLED "BILL AND TED FACE THE MUSIC."

  • AND WE'RE FINDING THEM HOWEVER MANY YEARS LATER-- I THINK IT'S

  • OVER 25.

  • AND THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO WRITE THE SONG THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO

  • UNITE THE WORLD AND BRING PEACE AND EVERYTHING, BUT THEY

  • HAVEN'T.

  • AND SO WHAT HAS THAT DONE TO THEM?

  • >> Stephen: A LOT OF PRESSURE.

  • >> IT'S A -- >> Stephen: LOT OF PRESSURE.

  • >> PRESSURE.

  • AND YOU'VE GOT YOUR FAMILY NOW, BUT YOU'RE STILL TRYING TO WRITE

  • THE SONG BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO SAVE THE WORLD!

  • BUT THEN THE FUTURE COMES DOWN AND SAYS, "WELL, NO, YOU DON'T

  • REALLY JUST HAVE TO SAVE THE WORLD.

  • YOU HAVE TO SAEFORT UNIVERSE, AND YOU HAVE TO WRITE THE SONG

  • IN, LIKE, 80 MINUTES."

  • >> Stephen: WOW.

  • >> THIES PROBLEM BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T WRITTEN A SONG IN OVER

  • 25 YEARS, SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?

  • >> Stephen: WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU IF YOU DON'T THIS DO THIS?

  • >> IT'S THE END OF THE UNIVERSE AND TIME AND SPACE.

  • >> Stephen: YOU'RE FACING YOUR MORTALITY AND ALL OF EXISTENCE?

  • >> YEAH.

  • >> Stephen: WOW.

  • WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE, KEANU REEVES?

  • ( LAUGHTER ) >> I KNOW THAT THE ONES WHO LOVE

  • US WILL MISS US.

  • >> Audience: OOOH!

  • ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: "JOHN WICK: CHAPTER

  • 3-PARABELLUM" IS IN THEATERS NEXT FRIDAY.

  • KEANU REEVES, EVERYBODY!

  • WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH "TOOTSIE" STAR SANTINO FONTANA.

>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY, TO "THE LATE SHOW,"

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