![]() “Just like we did a little tribute to Sergio Leone, to Lawrence of Arabia, to Kurosawa. We’re big fans of Asian cinema, so we thought, ‘OK, we’ll try that.’ They did it in a different method than we did, but we really liked it, and the director was a real genius in how he put it together. “We’d already seen a concept that they did in a Korean film called The Villainess,” Stahelski says about this wild chase scene. I had the last of the air-cooled PorschesĪnd the first time we witness an insane motorcycle chase in John Wick 3, we thought the same. I was like, ‘Yeah this is pretty cool,’” he tells TG. Having a background in stunt performing, Stahelski’s driven pretty much everything since that beat-up Camaro. Stahelski too, had something pretty good to start off with – a “beat-up Camaro with fuzzy dice”. His first car? “I had a 1969 Volvo 122 in British Racing Green. Reeves started his motoring life with something a little less salubrious, mind, but no less cool. “You can really feel how the values of the past are being passed down here,” he said. While at Maranello, Reeves fells for the 500 Mondial and a one-off, Fifties single-seater built for the Indy 500. “It’s like it’s tailored around you, an extension of your body and your mind.” The 488’s also bats*it quick, but we suspect he figured that out on his own. “It’s a car you instantly feel an incredible synergy with,” he said at the time. He also bagged some seat time in a 488 GTB around Fiorano. ![]() ![]() Indeed, back in 2015, Reeves paid a little visit to Ferrari HQ, checking out the assembly lines, and the ‘Tailor Made’ department. I think from my childhood, I’d probably have that vehicle.” He’s talking, of course, about the gorgeous 512 BB. ![]() I remember there was a Ferrari – you’ll probably know better than me – it was the Berlinetta Boxer? I don’t know what year. “I don’t really know why, but when I was a kid they had those Matchbox toys. When asked about any car from any decade, he leans back and takes a deep breath. Though his money went with Porsche – and of course, on his fabled love of motorcycles – he’s got a soft spot for a small Italian supercar company based in Maranello. ![]()
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