Entertainment has posted their interview with Ian McShane for his appearance on Game of Thrones. Near the end, he was asked several questions about his role in John Wick: Chapter 2 (see below). You can read the entire interview at the link.
Speaking your film work, I’m very excited about John Wick 2. What can we expect? You have a role bigger than the first one I hear?
Well, I’m kind of the only one left from the first one. This is same kind of premise. It’s not like two years later, but pretty soon after the first one. Keanu [Reeves] is a great guy. They got this terrific Italian kid, Riccardo Scamarcio, who plays the chief villain, who’s excellent, and we have a lot of stuff together. And the guy who directs it, Chad Stahelski, is really smart. He’s been Keanu’s stunt guy for [nearly] 20 years and he’s studied muay-thai. He’s got every stunt man who’s available for [this film]. The action looks like it was done by somebody out of Hong Kong instead of Hollywood which I always think is a great sight.And so, the story is again a vengeance premise, to some degree?
Keanu gets a new dog. But yes, it’s about what comes on him after that. It’s all about the assassin’s code, if you like. He’s killed a Russian gangster and now there’s a contract out on him, so it’s a continuation. I loved the first one. This could be even better than the first.