Keanu Reeves honored Lance Reddick at Monday’s John Wick: Chapter 4 premiere.

Reeves and his co-stars wore blue ribbons on the purple carpet in tribute to Reddick, who died on Friday at age 60. Reddick performed Charon within the movie franchise. The fourth movie hits theaters on March 24.

“We labored collectively on 4 movies over 10 years,” an emotional Reeves, 58, instructed Folks exterior the TCL Theatre in L.A. “He was a outstanding artist and a particular individual with grace and dignity.”

He stated the reminiscence that’s foremost in his thoughts, “Is the primary time that I met him and we labored collectively on John Wick. He had this concept for the way in which that he wished the character to talk — and simply his enthusiasm and keenness. And the way in which that he and I started working and sort of communicate the unstated, that connection. It is simply actually cool.”

Reeves stated “the connection between John Wick and Charon was particular. I all the time stated to him that individuals appreciated John Wick as a result of he appreciated John Wick.”

Different members of the solid together with Laurence Fishburne, Rina Sawayama, Shamier Anderson, Donnie Yen in addition to director Chad Stahelski additionally wore blue ribbons for the occasion.

Instantly after Reddick’s loss of life, Reeves and Stahelski introduced they had been dedicating the sequel to their “beloved pal,” who “was the consummate skilled and a pleasure to work with.”

Reddick, who additionally starred in The Wire, Oz and Misplaced, died “out of the blue of pure causes,” his rep instructed Yahoo Leisure on Friday.

Over the weekend, Reddick’s spouse Stephanie — with whom he shares kids Yvonne Nicole and Christopher — posted a message to her husband’s social media accounts, writing, “Lance was taken from us far too quickly. Thanks for all of your overwhelming love, help and exquisite tales shared on these platforms during the last day. “I see your messages and may’t start to precise how grateful I’m to have them.”

Along with his position in Chapter 4, Reddick lately appeared in all seasons of Prime TV’s Bosch, co-starred in Netflix’s 2022 Resident Evil collection and portrayed Zeus within the upcoming Disney+ collection Percy Jackson and the Olympians. He appeared within the upcoming remake of White Males Cannot Bounce with rapper Jack Harlow, out later this 12 months, and was additionally set to star within the green-lit John Wick spinoff, Ballerina, reverse Ana de Armas.