It was claimed that a character named “Killa Harkan” in John Wick 4 was inspired by the famous rapper Killa Hakan. However, this claim, which became the agenda in the social media in a short time, did not reflect the truth when the director’s statements were examined.
The newest movie in the John Wick franchise John Wick: Chapter 4After a long wait, it was finally released last week. As in the other films of the series, the production, which immersed the audience in action, received great acclaim from both critics and fans. The film also opened at the box office the best opening of the series, grossing $137 million worldwide in its first weekend.
The movie, which is about John Wick’s struggle to obtain his freedom, came up with a very interesting subject. A character in the movie, Turkish rapper From Killa Hakan allegedly inspired. However, as a result of a little research we have done, we have seen that this is not the case.
This is what “Killa Harkan” from John Wick 4 looks like
A lot of people on social media said that John Wick 4 and “Killa HarkanHe claimed that the character named ” was inspired by the famous rapper. The reason for this is the similarity of the character’s name to Killa Hakan, as you can understand. It also fueled rumors that the character’s being from Germany was also a sign of that.
There was even an explanation from Killa Hakan himself on the subject.
After all this, a statement came from Killa Hakan himself. The famous rapper, whose real name is Hakan Durmuş, said in a statement to Sabah Newspaper, “Happy to be inspired by me in the movie I’ve been and I’m proud” used the phrases.
What’s the deal with Killa Harkan?
A little bit from here spoilers Let me tell you up front. To talk without giving too much detail, Killa Harkan, played by the famous actor Scott Adkins, is the leading name on the German side of the High Table in the movie. This person, who can be defined as a crime boss, kills Pyotr, the leader of the organization called Ruska Roma. John Wick goes to Berlin to hunt down Killa to avenge this and Ruska tries to get back to Rome.
Killa Harkan, very built, smiles a lot, likes to play games to determine the fate of people a character. To find out if he was really inspired by Turkish rapper Killa Hakan, we need to go to the statements made by the director of the film, Chad Stahelski, recently.
Killa Harkan was inspired by a character from a movie called ‘SPL’
Sammo Hung / SPL: Sha Po Lang (2005)
Stahelski told Business Insider that the character of Killa is a reference to a movie she loves. The name of this action movie from Hong Kong ‘SPL‘ (also known as the Kill Zone). The famous director says he was inspired by the character “Wong Po”, played by Sammo Hung in the movie, who wears a big purple outfit in the fight scene at the end. However, Scott Adkins also signals that he was inspired by Sammo Hung in his previous interviews.
Seeing that Killa Harkan is also a large character wearing a purple outfit confirms this. So this event entirely due to the similarity of the name possible to say. Finally, let’s say that Stahelski, throughout the John Wick series, makes homage to the legendary filmmakers and films that everyone watched growing up.
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