Remembering Lance Reddick in His Final E! News Interview

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Remembering Lance Reddick successful Final E! News Interview

Lance Reddick near down a bequest of unthinkable work—some of which adjacent helium was successful awe of.

The precocious actor, who died astatine property 60 connected March 17 from earthy causes, reflected connected the upcoming movie John Wick: Chapter 4 during his last interrogation with E! News. The movie, which sees Lance reprise his relation of Charon, is 1 that helium said raises the bar.

"I couldn't judge that it was bigger than the past one," Lance told E! News exclusively connected March 3. "I don't cognize however you tin person much enactment and amended action, but we do. Also, the affectional stakes person been raised I consciousness for the characters much than immoderate different franchise."

John Wick: Chapter 4 is acceptable for merchandise March 24. At the time, Lance speculated astir fans' effect to the film.

"I deliberation immoderate fans volition beryllium like, ‘Wow. I wanna bash that again,'' helium said. "Other fans volition beryllium like, ‘Okay, I request a martini. That was a lot."

But the high-stakes, 4th installment to the franchise isn't Lance's lone enactment that is acceptable to merchandise aft his passing. At the clip of Lance's last E! News interview, Ian McShane, who plays Winston successful the movie series, noted that Ballerina, a John Wick spin-off featuring himself, Lance, Keanu Reeves and Ana de Armas, volition beryllium coming out. 

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Lance besides stars successful the remake of White Men Can't Jump, acceptable for merchandise successful May, arsenic good arsenic Shirley, a biopic astir Shirley Chisholm, America's archetypal Black congresswoman, which the histrion filmed with Regina King.

Lance's untimely decease was confirmed to E! News by his rep connected March 17. Following quality of his death, Keanu and John Wick director Chad Stahelski released a connection to E! News reflecting connected his passing. 

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"We are profoundly saddened and heartbroken astatine the nonaccomplishment of our beloved person and colleague Lance Reddick," they wrote. "He was the consummate nonrecreational and a joyousness to enactment with." 

The brace noted that John Wick: Chapter 4 is dedicated to his loving memory, adding, "We volition miss him dearly."

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