{"id":49425,"date":"2023-05-11T12:03:21","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T16:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=49425"},"modified":"2023-05-11T12:03:21","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T16:03:21","slug":"keanu-reeves-shows-impressive-driving-skill-in-john-wick-chapter-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=49425","title":{"rendered":"Keanu Reeves shows impressive driving skill in &#8216;John Wick: Chapter 4&#8217; &#8211; Autoblog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve watched any of the &#8220;<em>John Wick&#8221; <\/em>movies, you\u2019re well aware of the violence and action, but there\u2019s plenty of driving going on in some of the films. The latest, &#8220;<em>John Wick: Chapter 4<\/em>,&#8221; is in theaters now, again starring Keanu Reeves as an assassin of \u201cparticular focus.\u201d As it turns out, though, he\u2019s such a good driver that the film\u2019s stunt drivers could\u2019ve taken a day or two off.<\/p>\n<p>Racer and former &#8220;<em><a class=\"injectedLinkmain\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/tag\/top+gear\/\" data-ylk=\"elm:context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec:donut-hole;cpos:0;\">Top Gear<\/a> America&#8221;<\/em> host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2016\/03\/04\/tanner-foust-polaris-slingshot-video\/\" data-ylk=\"elm:context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec:donut-hole;cpos:1;\">Tanner Foust<\/a> got the nod to be John Wick\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2019\/09\/16\/read-this-vulture-stunt-drivers\/\" data-ylk=\"elm:context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec:donut-hole;cpos:2;\">driving stunt double<\/a>, but he said Keanu took to the action so well that Foust rates his drifting skills as an 8 out of 10 \u2013 high praise from one of the most well-known drivers around. Foust attributed some of Keanu\u2019s skills to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2019\/04\/22\/keanu-reeves-arch-motorcycle-bike-collection\/\" data-ylk=\"elm:context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec:donut-hole;cpos:3;\">motorcycle experience<\/a>, which he said led to faster learning times behind the wheel.<\/p>\n<p>Foust spent several months training Reeves in Berlin to prepare for the film and said that the team devised a set of maneuvers that Keanu could reliably perform repeatedly. The resulting shots are impressive \u2013 one-handed drifting while reloading, and reaching the absolute limit without crossing it.<\/p>\n<p><style><![CDATA[.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }]]><\/style>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-container\">\n <lite-youtube videoid=\"fn7iNIRK5q0\" data-thumbnail=\"\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<p>As for the cars, the Wick films have featured some sweet classic metal, including the <a class=\"injectedLinkmain\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/ford\/mustang\/\" data-ylk=\"elm:context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec:donut-hole;cpos:4;\">Mustang<\/a> Boss 429 from the original 2014 movie. When that car was destroyed, Wick shifted to a Chevelle <a class=\"injectedLinkmain\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/chevrolet\/ss\/\" data-ylk=\"elm:context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec:donut-hole;cpos:5;\">SS<\/a>. In the fourth movie, Wick\/Reeves pilots a 1971 <a class=\"injectedLinkmain\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/tag\/plymouth+barracuda\/\" data-ylk=\"elm:context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec:donut-hole;cpos:6;\">Plymouth Cuda<\/a>, the car he so artfully mastered with Foust\u2019s help in scenes such as the <a class=\"injectedLinkmain\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/tag\/car+chase\/\" data-ylk=\"elm:context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec:donut-hole;cpos:7;\">car chase<\/a> (doorless, even) through Paris in the clip above.<\/p>\n<p>John Wick 4 is still in theaters but is due on streaming services soon. If you\u2019re hoping to check out the vehicular action, be advised that it comes with a super-healthy dose of gun-and-fist violence. The good news is that the movies package the carnage in an entertaining and sometimes funny way, so it\u2019s not at all a drag to watch.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"grp-half\" src=\"https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims3\/GLOB\/legacy_thumbnail\/800x450\/format\/jpg\/quality\/85\/https:\/\/s.aolcdn.com\/os\/ab\/_cms\/2023\/05\/11104037\/Screenshot-2023-05-11-at-10.30.07-AM.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"grp-half\" src=\"https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims3\/GLOB\/legacy_thumbnail\/800x450\/format\/jpg\/quality\/85\/https:\/\/s.aolcdn.com\/os\/ab\/_cms\/2023\/05\/11104034\/Screenshot-2023-05-11-at-10.28.24-AM.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve watched any of the &#8220;John Wick&#8221; movies, you\u2019re well aware of the violence and action, but there\u2019s plenty of driving going on in some of the films. The latest, &#8220;John Wick: Chapter 4,&#8221; is in theaters now, again starring Keanu Reeves as an assassin of \u201cparticular focus.\u201d As it turns out, though, he\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49426,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/49426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}