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.

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.

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.

The story, as told by the movie’s directors Chad Stahelski and David Leitch, was that as they were wrapping production they found out there was a $6 million shortfall in the bud

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