John Wick directors Chad Stahelski and David Leitch have revealed that Eva Longoria put up $6m in funding less than 24 hours before filming was to start, essentially saving the pr

This Desperate Housewives star saved John Wick with a much-needed $6 million investment less than 24 hours before shooting was to begin.

The pair later claimed that they’d taken the Texas-born legend out for dinner to say thank you for her generosity. Despite Longoria 'saving' the John Wick franchise in 2014, some fans are only just learning about her producer credit now.

John Wick was Stahelski's directorial debut. He was revered for his stunt work on films like The Crow, and was part of the second-unit crew on films like The Expendables 2 and After Earth. But as a director he was totally untested, and John Wick was producers Leitch and Derek Kolstad's first major film too.

That’s just what Eva Longoria did for the “John Wick” film, according to a Business Insider report. In honor of the hit movie’s tenth anniversary, co-director Chad Stahelski talked to the publication and shared how they ran out of money before they began filming.

"John Wick" directors explain how Eva Longoria became the unlikely savior of the movie when it ran out of money.

Action fans can thank Eva Longoria for one of the highest-grossing movie franchises of the last decade. In a recent interview for the movie’s 10th anniversary, the producers of John Wick revealed how the Golden Globe nominee came through when they lost nearly $6 million in financing for the first in the four-film franchise.

Eva Longoria quietly invested $6 million (£4.6 million) in John Wick when some of its funding fell through at the last minute. In a 10th anniversary retrospective of the 2014 action movie, directors Chad Stahelski and David Leitch revealed to Business Insider that the Desperate Housewives actress put up the hefty sum to save the project from going