Keanu Reeves pays homage to Lance Reddick at the John Wick: Chapter 4 premiere

Keanu Reeves honored Lance Reddick on Monday John Wick: Chapter 4 the first show.

Reeves and his cohorts wore blue ribbons on the red carpet in honor of Riddick, who died Friday at the age of 60. Riddick played Sharon in the movie franchise. The fourth film hits theaters on March 24.

“We’ve worked on four movies together over 10 years,” said Reeves, 58. the people Outside the TCL Theater in Los Angeles “He was an amazing artist and a special person with grace and dignity.”

He said the memory in his head, “It’s the first time we met and we worked together John Wick. He had this idea of ​​how he wanted the character to speak – and just his enthusiasm and passion. And the way he and I started to work and talk kind of the non-verbal, that connection. It’s really cool.”

“The relationship between John Wick and Sharon was special,” Reeves said. “I always told him that people love John Wick because he I love John Wick.”

Other cast members including Lawrence Fishburne, Rina Sawyama, Shamir Anderson, Donnie Yen, and director Chad Stahelski also wore blue ribbons for the event.

Immediately after Riddick’s death, Reeves and Stahelski announced that they were dedicating the sequel to their “beloved friend”, who “was a consummate professional and a pleasure to work with”.

Riddick, who also starred The Wire, Oz And LostHe died “suddenly of natural causes,” his representative told Yahoo Entertainment on Friday.

Over the weekend, Riddick’s wife, Stephanie — with whom he shares children Yvonne Nicole and Christopher — posted a message on her husband’s social media accounts, writing, “Lance was taken from us too soon. Thank you for all your love, support and tremendous energy.” Beautiful stories have been shared on these platforms over the past day.”I see your messages and I can’t begin to express how grateful I am for having them.”

In addition to his role in Chapter 4Recently, Reddick has appeared in all seasons of Prime TV’s Bushco-starring in Netflix’s 2022 vampire Serializing and portraying Zeus in the upcoming Disney+ series Percy Jackson and the Olympians. He appeared in the upcoming remake of White men can’t jump with rapper Jack Harlow, later this year, and was also slated to star in Green Lighting. John Wick spin off, ballet dancer opposite Ana de Armas.