How Eva Longoria quietly saved John Wick | Entertainment [Video]

(CNN) — Not all heroes wear capes. Sometimes they write big checks.

That’s just what Eva Longoria did for the “John Wick” film, according to a Business Insider report.

In honor of the hit movie’s tenth anniversary, co-director Chad Stahelski talked to the publication and shared how they ran out of money before they began filming.

“We were less than a week out, and we lost almost $6 million on a gap financing,” he said. “We were financing independently to get the bond, but one of the investors couldn’t raise the money in time.”

Stahelski’s co-director David Leitch and star Keanu Reeves had invested their own money, and one of the film’s producers, Basil Iwanyk, had maxed out three credit cards trying to get the revenge-action movie made.

Just when it looked like it may not be happening, talent agency CAA, which was putting the financing together, offered some of their clients the opportunity to invest, according to …