STACK #179 Sept 2019

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The ever-expanding world of JohnWick adds Asia Kate Dillon to the cast in Chapter 3 – Parabellum .We got up rather early to have a chat with the no-nonsense agent of the HighTable,The Adjudicator. Words Amy Flower

L anding a role in an established movie franchise would be super-exciting for any actor, but when you’re also a fan of the movies in question beforehand, it takes on a whole larger level of excitement. “I was super into them, yeah,” Asia tells us. “Back in 2015 I got an email from my mom, telling me that she was excited about this new movie, John Wick , with one of our favourites, Keanu Reeves. So my mom turned me onto the John Wick franchise, actually.”

we were all talking about what projects we had in the works, and I said, ‘Well I know that John Wick 3 is filming in New York this summer, and I should be in that movie,’ recalls Asia. “Fast forward two months to the beginning of May of last year and my manager calls me saying, ‘Chad Stahelski, the director of JW3 , wants to see me because they have this role, The Adjudicator,' and basically it was presented it to me as if it was my role to turn down.” Obviously, it wasn’t hard for Asia to decide whether to take the part. “I met Chad, and he was able to so clearly communicate his and Keanu’s vision for the third film and the role of The Adjudicator that I said ‘Yes’ right there in that meeting before even reading the script.” There was then the small matter of actually studying that script, which elicited the appropriate reaction. “I was sitting in my living room and I was yelling and screaming and clapping and laughing!” enthuses Asia. “On the page, you’re reading, ‘…and then John Wick gets on a horse and rides down the streets of Manhattan,’ and it just – I mean, I was truly like ‘Holy sh-t!’ and clapping and cheering. I mean, what was on the page was stunning, and I knew that even if they could remotely bring some of that to the screen then it would just elevate the action genre to the next level… and it has.” It’s quite a big step from television work – like Orange is the New Black and the aforementioned Billions – to an established

As a fan, Asia was super-keen to be involved in the third John Wick flick – and, as it turned out, the director had the perfect role in mind.

“When I was finishing filming Billions last March in New York,

what could have been a really intimidating experience to me was so fun

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