John Wick fans may not have seen the last of Halle Berry's ex-assassin Sofia, although they certainly won't be seeing her when John Wick: Chapter 4 arrives in theaters on May 24, 2023.
Berry confirmed in an interview with IGN recently that she is not appearing in the next John Wick movie.
The Oscar winner made her debut as Sofia in the 2019 sequel John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum.
Sofia is an ally of Keanu Reeves' John Wick and the manager of the Continental Hotel in Casablanca.
"Sofia's not in the next John Wick movie," Berry said, although the character might be getting her own spin-off film.
"There could possibly be a Sofia... her own movie. So she might not be in John Wick, but she might be doing her own thingy-thingy."
Berry added that starring in her own John Wick spin-off movie would be "putting some ointment on a little sore," alluding to her James Bond spin-off movie that never happened.
Berry played Bond girl Jinx opposite Pierce Brosnan in 2002's Die Another Day.
Bond producer Barbara Broccoli wanted to give Berry's Jinx her own movie, but the studio balked at the intended US$80mil budget and the project was killed.
"It was very disappointing," Berry told Variety in September 2020 about losing her Bond spin-off movie.
"It was ahead of its time. Nobody was ready to sink that kind of money into a Black female action star. They just weren't sure of its value. That's where we were then."
Getting her own John Wick spin-off would be a redemptive moment for Berry after her Jinx movie failed to get off the ground.
With Keanu Reeves front and centre and Berry in a supporting role, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum became the action franchise's highest-grossing movie so far with US$327mil (RM1.3bil) at the worldwide box office. Currently, Berry is starring in Roland Emmerich's latest disaster movie Moonfall. – Reuters
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