Keanu Reeves and Eva Longoria. Photos: Franziska Krug/Getty Images and Gotham/GC Images
Keanu Reeves and the makers of "John Wick" were desperate for financing.
That's when "Desperate Housewives" star Eva Longoria stepped in.
Driving the news: The director of the Wick franchise told Business Insider in a new interview for the 10th anniversary of the first Wick film that Longoria provided critical gap financing.
"Literally less than 24 hours before we had to lock the doors on the movie and walk away, [our producer] said, 'We've got the investor, we've locked the gap,'" Chad Stahelski said.
Another intriguing tidbit from the interview: Financiers initially didn't want Reeves to have a beard because they thought the clean-shaven look would perform better internationally.
