On March 17, John Wick and The Wire actor Lance Reddick died at the age of 60. This happened just one week before the release of John Wick: Chapter 4, which saw the actor reprising the role of Charon, the concierge of The Continental’s New York branch. Reddick had been making the Chapter 4 press rounds right before his death, and had been frequently paired with Ian McShane, who plays Winston, the hotel’s manager. McShane shared a statement expressing his “total shock and disbelief” upon the news of Reddick’s passing going public, and now he’s reflected on working with his costar, calling him a “delight.”
With their characters being the two main Continental representatives in the John Wick film series, Lance Reddick and Ian McShane naturally ended up spending a fair amount of time with each other over the last decade, so the latter got to know the former pretty well. In the latest issue of Empire Magazine (via SYFY), McShane had the following to say about his time with Reddick:
