Ballerina star Norman Reedus hopes his character returns for a sequel, and thinks his arc mirrors John Wick's: "He's willing to fight everybody in the world"

Norman Reedus as Daniel in Ballerina
(Image credit: Lionsgate)

The Walking Dead star Norman Reedus is no stranger to fighting off enemies, but in new John Wick movie Ballerina his attentions shift from the undead to assassins and cults.

He plays Daniel, a mysterious figure who Ana de Armas' Eve encounters on her quest to find the group responsible for her father's death. Daniel is on a mission of his own, however: protecting his young daughter from danger by whatever means possible. As the movie goes on, we learn a little more about where Daniel came from, how he fits into the wider arc of the film, and the past he's trying to outrun.

"He would have grown up with a lot of guilt, a lot of murder, a lot of secrecy, and I think he's just come to a point where his little girl, who's about to be introduced to this world, he's willing to fight everybody in the world," Reedus tells GamesRadar+, adding that Daniel has a lot in common with Eve – and John Wick.

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