An Action Scene in John Wick 3 Was Almost Derailed By an Army of Cats

conceive John Wick ’s descent in its protagonist ’s love of his dog , it nominate sensory faculty that the sequel ’s magnanimous nemesis would be a bunch of cats .

In a novel consultation withEntertainment Weekly , directorChad Stahelskiand actressHalle Berryexplained how one of John Wick 3 — Parabellum ’s action sequences very nearly go completely off the rails .

The chronological succession , Stahelski explain , was dart in the Maroc townspeople of Essaouira , and the shot country was quickly overrun by stray computed axial tomography .

Halle Berry in John Wick 3.

Halle Berry in John Wick 3.Image: Lionsgate

“ The Moroccans are not big on canines , ” Stahelski told EW . “ Love a f — ing cat , though . There had to be thousands . We go there in the winter when we scouted and they were n’t that rife . We were like , There ’s a few cats here , we ’ll get a cat section , and we ’re going to move all the cats out . We show up to fool and there were literally a thousand cats , okay ? And the CT have b — mho of steel . They ’re not afraid of anything . We had to build monolithic walls of cages . They ’re just stray cats , but we want to be effective handlers . So , we work up little cat houses , put them in , had to bung them . We had walls of cats . Walls of fucking cats . The amount of f — ing cat food — we were likely feed more cats than people on set . ”

This cause a couple of job , providing not only a major logistical challenge for the yield but also a regular distraction to the dog-iron that were a necessary part of the action panorama .

“ It was kind of pandemonium , ” said Berry . “ Because , you have dogs play around , you have Keanu , we have all these guys coming from every dissimilar steering . It was totally chaotic and then we had these cat consort through our set . It was often hard to keep the dog focused , because they ’d see a cat and off they ’d go , and sometimes that could bankrupt a whole great take . ”

Argentina’s President Javier Milei (left) and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., holding a chainsaw in a photo posted to Kennedy’s X account on May 27. 2025.

So , commend , when you sit down down to watch the third John Wick film , you ’re not alone . An army of Morrocan computerized tomography are watching with you . Is n’t that a fond thought ?

John Wick 3 — Parabellumis in theaters May 17th .

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William Duplessie