John Wick’s ’69 Mustang Fastback Is Back

While Playing John Wick, Actor Keanu Reeves Does Some of His Own Stunt Driving

Everybody’s favorite assassin, John Wick, is back in action at theaters right now, along with his black 1969 Ford Mustang Fastback.

You probably know that Keanu Reeves plays the take-no-prisoners assassin in the franchise. But did you know he was allowed to do some of the car-driving stunts himself? Reeves says he actually went through some pretty intense stunt-driver training to prepare for John Wick: Chapter 2.

Touted as “John Wick boot camp,” Reeve’s preparations also included rigorous training in martial arts, gun work, and choreographed fighting.

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The actor says the Mustang plays a major role in this latest movie. During one of the action scenes, Reeves is even forced to drive the Mustang into another car. Sigh.

“I was surprised about that. They said, ‘Get in the car, drive backward and smash into that other car.’ It was funny because I hit that car so hard, I ripped the steering wheel off the steering column,” the actor told the Washington Post.

Darrin Prescott, who coordinated the stunts, calls the action “car fu, where the car is used as a weapon.” Most of the really insane car scenes, however, were done by Reeves’ stunt double, Jeremy Fry.

All and all, the team used five ’69 Mustangs during film, which speaks to how much action the fastback sees in Chapter 2. It also sounds like Reeves might be making a strong push for a third Wick film. We shall see, but if it goes down, we certainly expect him to be driving some badass American muscle.