Keanu Reeves' John Wick was originally scripted as a 75-year-old man. The 57-year-old star has played the titular assassin in three movies so far but franchise producer Basil Iwanyk has revealed that the role was originally supposed to go to an older actor. Writing in his new book They Shouldn't Have Killed His Dog: The Complete Uncensored A -Kicking Oral History.