20 Things You Probably Didn't Know About John Wick
4. The Original Script Was Far More Introspective Than The Final Cut
Seeing that the initial plans for John Wick had him as an elder assassin, it is not surprising that the story was going to be a far more subdued affair compared to the (comparatively) explosive final edit seen by audiences in 2014.
According to Derek Kolstad in the book They Shouldn't Have Killed His Dog: The Complete Uncensored Ass-Kicking Oral History of John Wick, Gun Fu, and the New Age of Action, in addition to the character's older age, Daisy was intended to be far older than her onscreen counterpart and John's wife Helen was long-dead, compared to the theatrical version of the character's recent demise.
More importantly, the scribe envisioned John's story as one of redemption following his decades-long reign of terror as an assassin.
There is no denying that the eventual result of this filmmaking endeavour was a success, but a more subdued and reflective assassin-focused feature would still have been an intriguing feature to explore.