John Wick director hopes Eva Longoria 'made millions' from timely $6M investment that rescued the first film Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By SONIA HORON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 00:30, 22 November 2024 | Updated: 01:05, 22 November 2024 e-mail View comments John Wick director Chad Stahelski hopes that that Eva Longoria 'made millions' after being an angel investor on the original film.
Longoria, 49, recently shared she invested $6 million in the 2014 movie, and still gets checks , adding that her only regret was not investing in the entire franchise, which has grossed $1 billion. Stahelski, 56, shared on The Hollywood Reporter's It Happened in Hollywood podcast that he didn't know the Desperate Housewives star was the investor until after John Wick — which stars Keanu Reeves — was completed and released. 'I hope she got every penny back.
I hope she made millions of dollars,' he said of the star, who recently shared she's made 'more than double' from the investment. Explaining how it all came about, he shared: 'About a week before we went to production, we had gap financing. We had an investor fall out for about $6 million.
So when you're [making an] $18 million movie, that kills you.' 'And we didn't have any money. So a lot of the crew left.
We were losing locations. We were literally 24 hours away from failing.' John Wick director Chad Stahelski, 56, hopes that that Eva Longoria, 49, 'made millions' after being an angel investor on the original film.