"It's Hard When You're Doing Star Wars": 'John Wick' Director on How Caine Spin-Off Redeems Donnie Yen's 'Rogue One' Role [Exclusive]

John Wick director Chad Stahelski reveals Donnie Yen's Rogue One character helped to inspire his role as Caine in Chapter 4.

May 7, 2025 - 21:12
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"It's Hard When You're Doing Star Wars": 'John Wick' Director on How Caine Spin-Off Redeems Donnie Yen's 'Rogue One' Role [Exclusive]

John Wick: Chapter 4 took the world by storm upon its release in 2023, and one of the universally beloved new additions to the film was Caine, portrayed by legendary movie martial artist Donnie Yen. Many North American fans' introduction to Caine came in Rogue One, where he also portrays a skilled fighter, Chirrut, who happens to be blind and is even in tune with the Force. Collider’s Aidan Kelley recently caught up with John Wick director Chad Stahelski and Josh Oreck, who produces under his Narrator banner, to talk about the new documentary, Wick is Pain. When asked if there was any connection to both characters being blind, Stahelski didn’t hesitate to acknowledge that he felt Rogue One could have done more with Yen's Force-wielding warrior: