Ana de Armas Racks Up a Brutal Kill Count in JOHN WICK Spin-Off BALLERINA
Ana de Armas is stepping into the John Wick universe with serious firepower. In the upcoming Ballerina, the first big screen spin-off from the John Wick franchise, de Armas takes on the role of assassin Eve Macarro, and it sounds like she’s making quite the entrance.
In a recent interview with ComicBook, de Armas revealed just how high Eve’s body count climbs:
“I know that we count, 106 only with the flamethrower. Only with flamethrower. So, I think it’s a lot more than that,” said de Armas.
106 kills with a flamethrower. And that’s just one weapon in Eve’s arsenal.
The flamethrower scene teased in the trailers shows Eve going full scorched earth on her enemies, and it's already shaping up to be a highlight of the film.
One moment even shows her dousing an enemy wielding a flamethrower with a firehose. The movie looks awesomely savage.
De Armas’ rough estimate of the flamethrower kills alone makes it clear that Eve is a force of destruction, and she’s being positioned to stand toe-to-toe with Keanu Reeves’ legendary Baba Yaga.
And while Ballerina is set between John Wick: Chapter 3 and Chapter 4, we already know Eve won’t be putting an end to John, especially now that Chapter 5 is officially in the works.
The story follows Eve, an assassin trained under the same Ruska Roma lineage as John Wick, as she sets out on a mission of vengeance after her father’s murder. Her path brings her into conflict with the very people who trained her—and eventually, with John himself.
In one fiery line from the trailer, Eve warns: “When you think of me, you should think of fire,” ansd I’m sure we will once we see her go crazy with a falmthrower in the movie.
Ballerina hits theaters June 6. Prepare for fire.