Late actor Lance Reddick remained on the minds of his co-stars at the premiere of “John Wick 4″ days after his sudden death.
Reddick appears posthumously in the action film as hotel concierge Charon, a character he portrayed in the franchise’s previous three movies as well.
“He’s the goodness of this film,” Laurence Fishburne told the Associated Press at Monday night’s premiere in Los Angeles. “He was kind of, in many ways, the heart of the film because his character loved John Wick.”
Director Chad Stahelski and star Keanu Reeves previously dedicated “John Wick 4″ to Reddick, whose death at age 60 last Friday was attributed to natural causes.
“Just to be in his light and to get a chance to work with him, I’ll cherish for the rest of my life,” Reeves said Monday. “He had such a passion for his work and his craft. He was gracious. He had a dignity to him and a presence.”
Reeves, who plays the movie’s title character, was among those who wore blue ribbons Monday as a tribute to Reddick.
“You know, it’s always hard when you lose someone that you love dearly … but you’re also incredibly grateful for the time you had together,” Stahelski told the AP. “We were fortunate enough to work with Lance since the very beginning of the ‘John Wick’ franchise.”
Halle Berry, who appeared with Reddick in 2019′s “John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum,” previously remembered the actor in an Instagram comment as “one of the most sincere people I’d ever met. Truly one of a kind.”
Reddick was also known for his portrayal of Lt. Cedric Daniels on HBO’s crime drama series “The Wire.”