Director: Chad Stahelski

Propmaster: Vinny Mazzarella

Set Decorator: Susan Bode

Did you know that international assassin John Wick retired briefly and pursued his love of restoring and collecting Victorian children's books? Well, that was in the original script, at any rate. I was hired to recommend, track down and purchase books, including first editions of Thomas Bewick's beautifully illustrated Fables of Aesop. I also trained Keanu Reeves in various bookbinding skills, worked on set as technical advisor while they shot those scenes, and doubled for his hands in close-ups. His shop – which you see briefly on screen when he smashes open the floor – was filled with my books, cabinets, tools and equipment. On the sequel, I also helped out with the marker book and a few other things.