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John Wick almost had an alternate ending where the puppy lived, but Keanu Reeves "stood up" for the original vision

The dog almost survived

'No one will want to see this on screen; you're going to alienate the audience,'" co-director David Leitch told Business Insider of the decision to kill the dog. "For the next couple of weeks it was suggested that we shoot an alternative ending revealing that the puppy actually isn't dead," added co-director Chad Stahelski. I previously worked on the Disney magazines team at Immediate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA!, and Star Wars Galaxy titles after graduating with a BA in English.

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