From The World Of John Wick: Ballerina | Featurette: Commitment - video Dailymotion

Set in the John Wick universe, ballerina-assassin Rooney seeks revenge against the people who killed her family.

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00:01You can still leave. You still have a choice.

00:06No! I chose this!

00:10Anna's a wonderful actress.

00:12So talented and there's really not anything she can't do.

00:16Anna's complete dedication to the training.

00:18It's pretty impressive.

00:19She gets the tone of what we're trying to do

00:22and brings a whole new fresh perspective

00:24to the John Wick universe.

00:26The end product feels like it's a custom fit for her.

00:30If I am disciplined,

00:33I can get there.

00:37Within the training, it's a lot of work.

00:39You're a character that's beginning this path.

00:43Becoming an assassin.

00:44So you're also going to get your ass kicked.

00:50On set, she showed me the bruises, the marks, the scars

00:53and they became like merit badges.

00:55I'm actually surprised I came out of it in one piece.

01:02You will always be weaker.

01:04You want to win?

01:05Adapt. Cheat.

01:07I'm not playing a superhero.

01:08She's someone who's using whatever they can to create and build a weapon out of survival.

01:17We have a practical aesthetic that we try to apply.

01:20You need somebody to actually be performing that.

01:22So when you have somebody like Ana Darmus, the sky is the limit.

01:27How far can we push to give you that visceralness?

01:34It's a process that, as painful as it was, physically speaking,

01:38it was really inspiring.

01:39To see her shift into her next gear was really cool.

01:48She's like, let's go.