Ballerinatakes place betweenJohn Wick: Chapter 3 ParabellumandJohn Wick: Chapter 4.
So I really go into as, What would I want to see if I wasnt directing it?
What would I want to see?
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What would I be expecting?
I come at it that way and then just start to build and have fun.
Theres a math there.
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So its these calls.
Its like a dance rehearsal that you go through.
So it is a bit like a grid math equation, and then a lot of rehearsal.
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We threw Norman right into…
REEDUS: A lot of sharp stuff.
It was like, Stand here, dont look there.
Thats gonna blow up in your face.
A young female assassin seeks revenge against the people who killed her family.
REEDUS: And I dont have shoes on.
WISEMAN: And you dont have shoes on.
There was a lot of that in that first scene.
Theres a lot of bang, bang, bang, bang.
There was a lot of choreography within a small space.
For me directing, that was hard to work out the space.
REEDUS: What about the fire and the water?
WISEMAN: Yeah, but thats fun.
[Laughs]
REEDUS: Didnt you say it was, like, 106 bodies she burned?
Because how often are you gonna get to do that?
REEDUS: Of course!
Then, I go, This is fucking cool.
Its quite an experience.
Its different if you go, Okay, test this out, and you actually burn somebody on fire.
Then she got over it.
After that, she was just flamin people.
REEDUS: Aw, she cried during the first one?
WISEMAN: She did.
REEDUS: Thats sweet.
WISEMAN: It is sweet.
Theres a while until June, so where are you in terms of editing?
Are you almost done?
WISEMAN: Almost done.
Were in the sound mix now.
So, sound effects, visual effects, scoring, and stuff like that.
Were in the final stage of post.
WISEMAN: Seven hours.
No, I dont know the exact timing yet.
Weve still got some finessing to do.
Ballerinaopens in theaters on June 6.
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A young female assassin seeks revenge against the people who killed her family.
