It's an impressively balanced effort in Ballerina to ensure not only that John Wick plays more than a cameo in the story, but where in his own story we're finding him as well. A ballet performance here, a ticket torn there, and it's clearly established where in the Baba Yaga's battle with the High Table, Eve's own mission of vengeance is taking place. However, even with all these nifty little winks and nods to the beloved franchise, there were two moments in John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum that director Len Wiseman was close to including but didn't, no matter how cool it might have been to see it.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter about the creative choices to include or avoid the bullets, blades, and grenades going back and forth between these two action-heavy stories, Wiseman had some great ideas to reveal how close Eve's revenge mission was playing alongside John's. ”As a fan, there were potential moments that I was really excited to work into the movie," Wiseman explained. "In the scene where Eve first arrives at the Continental, you’d see a bunch of motorcycles speeding in the background of the city on the bridge. That would’ve been cool for anyone who’s really paying attention to detail. ‘There’s the samurai and John on motorcycles.’”
