“I just said, ‘Look, Ed, if you want to do this, I’ll set up a guitar for you, and if you don’t like what we do, I’ll just destroy it in front of you’”: Eddie Van Halen and Keanu Reeves nearly ended up on the John Wick soundtrack

Left-Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen performs at Music Midtown at Piedmont Park on September 19, 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia; Right-Keanu Reeves of Dogstar performs live on stage during the 2023 BottleRock Napa Valley festival at Napa Valley Expo on May 27, 2023 in Napa, California.

It’s no secret that soundtracks can make or break a movie – and in the case of the John Wick franchise, its moody theme, courtesy of composer Tyler Bates, gives life to the movies' thrilling action sequences.

However, it was recently revealed that the soundtrack could have perhaps been elevated even further if a certain guitar hero had ended up being involved...