Granted, old age in Hollywood is not what it used to be back in less health-conscious times. “There doesn’t seem to be a bias by younger people against going to a movie where the star could be old enough to be their dad. “The success of ‘Everything Everywhere’ and now ‘John Wick 4’ proves that actors of any age - and regardless of gender - can kick ass and take names and if the movie is appealing and entertaining, audiences of any age enthusiastically want to go along for that cinematic thrill ride,” says Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Comscore Inc. “It’s happening, man.”ĭespite pop culture’s eternal obsession with youth, today’s moviegoers seem only too happy to embrace these older action stars. Speaking to an adoring crowd earlier this month after the latest installment, “John Wick: Chapter 4,” premiered at the South by Southwest Film and TV Festival, Reeves said that, contrary to rumors, he is, in fact, mortal.

Seven years, three films and many ice baths later, Reeves, now 58, has helped propel the “John Wick” franchise from a cult favorite into a box-office juggernaut. “I’d get home from a day of filming, get the water to 37 degrees and lie in it up to my neck,” he said. To recuperate from the rigors of shooting the film’s elaborate stunts and fight scenes, he would regularly plunge himself into frigid ice baths. “Being older, there were moments when it was really tough,” Reeves said. Speaking to The Times in 2014, as the first installment in the “John Wick” action franchise was about to hit theaters, Reeves, then 50 years old, said portraying a character who is subjected to relentless physical punishment - punched, stabbed, kicked, shot, thrown down stairs, you name it - had taken a toll on his body. But for Keanu Reeves, playing him is no picnic. John Wick may appear to be indestructible, a ruthless assassin who takes a licking and keeps on killing.

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