Did Keanu Reeves keep the dog from John Wick?
The death of John Wick’s dog sets off the entire Keanu Reeves franchise. … In fact, the puppy — named Daisy — was a gift from John’s recently deceased wife Helen (Bridget Moynahan). As such, Daisy represented John’s hope in a life and love beyond his wife’s death.
What race is John Wicks dog?
What impressed me the most is the Belgian Malinois in the third John Wick movie. Watching on-screen you can see how impressive these dogs are, but to learn the months of training and how Halle Berry became their trainer is amazing.
Planning for the scene started with the script. Stahelski, knowing how complex the sequence would be, “did a ton of research” to pick the right breed. His homework landed him on Belgian Malinois, the same breed of dogs the U.S. Secret Service use to guard the White House. “That’s what the military and police use,” he says.
But behind the scenes, it took months of training to get those hounds prepared for battle — or at least ready to perform on camera — director Chad Stahelski tells Inverse.
In Latin, “parabellum” means to prepare for war. And in John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum, Keanu Reeves’ unstoppable assassin cries havoc and let slip two Belgian Malinois against an army of bad guys in one of the most exciting action set-pieces of the year. If Keanu knows kung fu, these dogs know “dog fu.”
In earlier versions of the story, the dogs actually belonged to John Wick, but the idea was nixed. “It didn’t feel as good as we were hoping,” Stahelski says. “To give it to Sophia, as an avatar for her daughter the way Wick had for his wife, we thought it came full circle to see a mature version of that connection. We thought that was interesting. I hope it comes full circle to see the animals’ vengeance revisited. The canines get it back.”
Thus began an eight month journey to find the right dogs and train them, as well as the cast and the stunt team, to become acquainted. Months of preparation is necessary in order to minimize risk working with the animals on set.
How they trained the dogs in John Wick 3
When actress Halle Barry signed on to John Wick: Chapter 3, fans were excited about her potential role and chemistry with its star Keanu Reeves. But after seeing her performance opposite the film’s two Belgian Malinois hounds, it became clear that their relationship had stolen much of the show.