‘John Wick’ director gushes over Donnie Yen style

John Wick director Chad Stahelski opened up about Donnie Yen’s combating fashion within the movie.

Throughout an interview with RogerEbert.com, the filmmaker stated boxer Sugar Ray Leonard conjures up the Ip Man star’s fistic strikes.

“He is an enormous Sugar Ray Leonard fan; he is put that in ‘Flashpoint,’ and he is put that in loads of his movies. Humorous factor, I had lunch with Donnie yesterday. We introduced that up rather a lot. Quite a lot of his hometown audiences do not actually know who Sugar Ray Leonard was in China, so they do not get that cool reference.”

Stahelski stated Yen additionally added Leonard’s signature on Ip Man punch within the film.

“[Yen] stated, ‘Hey man, I will do an Ip Man, I am gonna do a straight blast and pace punch,’ after which Donnie began laughing. ‘I do not know why, I simply really feel like I would like to do that.’ So I am like, ‘All proper, do it, let’s shoot it, let’s have a look at if we prefer it.’ And he shoots it, and everyone behind the digicam begins laughing. He is so****** quick.”