He considered Wick a friend to the degree that he warned him about re-entering the assassin underworld and discreetly informed him of Viggo Tarasov's whereabouts so he could maintain plausible deniability, as well as reinstating his privileges when the Continental had been deconsecrated.
Winston is undoubtedly aware that any war he wants to have with the High Table has a better shot of going in his favor if Wick is alive and fighting on his side.
While the John Wick franchise is great at world-building, there has been nothing in the previous three movies that hinted toward Winston being John's biological father. Though the pair grew closer with each consecutive release, they were nothing more than allies in the John Wick series.
The reason Winston betrayed John Wick could have been to save both of their lives. Throughout the John Wick movie series, John defied the High Table and its Elder's laws, forcing him to fight for his life against the world's deadliest assassins.
Winston gives John a blood oath marker and warns him he can only give him an hour's head start. In John Wick: Chapter 2, there isn't any explicit explanation for the marker John is given. It's assumed to be John's original marker from his blood oath with Santino. In the first movie, John loses his wife and his dog.
Goals. Kill Cormac O'Connor and take over the New York Continental from him to avenge his childhood and family (succeeded). Execute the ones who break the rules of his hotel (succeeded, except of John Wick, who he purposely lets go).
Winston shoots John Wick after having negotiated with The Adjudicator to return to the fold. In this cinematic universe, the characters genuinely believe that Wick has been eliminated. But the betrayal is merely a plot device to raise the stakes even more for Parabellum's ending.
Winston is a pivotal character of the John Wick series, who also serves as an antagonist in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum and also as the main protagonist of The Continental: From the World of John Wick. He is portrayed by Ian McShane and Colin Woodell.
A popular fan theory suggests that Helen is the daughter of Winston Scott. Helen may might be an analogy to Helen of Troy in Greek Mythology. It's unknown if Helen was ever aware of her husband's past as an assassin.
Marcus was a highly skilled assassin, an expert sniper, a close friend and a mentor to the ex-hitman John Wick. He was eventually paid by Russian crime boss Viggo Tarasov to turn on John and kill him, but eventually decided not to and turned on Viggo.
Played by Shamier Anderson, Mr. Nobody, also known as Tracker, is a bounty hunter with his sights set on Keanu Reeves' eponymous assassin, though bides his time taking Wick down until the reward hits a certain point.
Summary. "The Continental" prequel series fails to confirm the popular theory that Winston is John Wick's father despite numerous connections between the characters.
“Wick has so many friends in this world because, at the end of the day, he's inherently a good man,” the screenwriter Michael Finch explained. “And he's Keanu, so it's very hard to dislike him.” That would be Keanu Reeves, who has played the franchise's titular hero since the first Wick film in 2014.
What's the relationship between John Wick and Winston?
Winston referring to John Wick as Jonathan implies a close relationship between the two characters, reinforced by Winston's role as a guide and mentor to John.
John Wick Presents: Ballerina is an upcoming American action thriller film directed by Len Wiseman, from a script written by Shay Hatten, Michael Finch, and Emerald Fennell, based on an original story by Hatten. It is the first spin-off, and fifth installment overall in the John Wick franchise.
Journal: Mr. Nobody is shown to own a journal that appears to be handwritten which contains information on a number of figures in the criminal underworld and their symbols, including John Wick, the Marquis Vincent de Gramont and the Bowery King.
Summary. The decision to cut off John Wick's finger was initially made because they thought the third movie would be the last in the franchise. For Stahelski and Reeves, the missing finger symbolizes the character's inability to remarry and wear another wedding ring, adding depth to the story.
John Wick's "Excommunicado" Is A Reference To Real-World Excommunication. In the John Wick universe, excommunicado is taken directly from the Latin word for excommunication.
Speaking to Vanity Fair, Stahelski discussed several John Wick fan theories with beloved actor Keanu Reeves, who portrayed the feared Baba Yaga throughout the films. Stahelski once and for all confirmed that Winston knew John would likely survive when the Continental's manager fired several bullets his way.
The biggest hint of all that supports the Winston and John Wick father-son theory arrives in the very final moments of John Wick: Chapter 4, in which Winston looked over "Jonathan's" grave and says in Russian "Goodbye, my son." While this could be interpreted as a figure of speech to demonstrate the fatherly type of ...
The Elder told him that his excommunicado status and bounty would be revoked on the sole condition that he kills Winston Scott, who had refused to show fealty to the High Table and give up his position as manager of the New York Continental, and that he will serve the High Table for the rest of his life.
