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The way I shoot [action] choreography is to subvert the normal, the director says.
I thought,Lets make it so difficult that its hard to [fight].
How do you do that?
And lets get the biggest guy we can find.
That supertight space became the library.
He was like, Dude, I got it.
Im like, Whatta ya got?
He goes, You need Boban.
And Im like, Great.
Hes not an actor.
Not a stunt person, says Stahelski.
Im like, Yeah, no.
Stahelskis brush-off didnt last long, though.
According to him, he randomly changed his mind soon after.
I was like, Ah well, fuck it.
Lets talk to him.
Lets have my stunt guys give him an assessment, Stahelski says.
We should do this.
From there, Marjanovic was sent to do a table read with Reeves.
Hes got the biggest hands in the NBA, so thats why you see all these face grabs.
Hes got a size-27 shoe, so when you see that front kick, it goes.
In the library, the go-to weapons are books.
But, um, why a book?
Were in this ridiculous reality, he says.
Were in this ridiculous universe.
Were in this ridiculous choreography.
Were actually going to kill you with a book.
