In 'John Wick' (2014), Lance Reddick plays Charon, the concierge of the Continental Hotel. In Greek myth, Charon is the ferryman of Hades, offering passengers in the underworld safe passage in exchange for a single coin.

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RIP, he did a fantastic job for such a minor character

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I was hoping for a Charon origin story! He’s such an unflappable character who clearly has some range of unique autonomy that I would have loved to have seen the backstory of this “support” character.

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This dude could have a single line in a movie and you'd remember him in it. Absolute legend with a commanding presence on screen.

When I first saw a post about his death it was on Facebook and I thought I was going to scroll down to see something some award be had won. 😞

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He also offers me legit items and wants to fight me if I steal his money.

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But if you win you get a discount

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Not even thinking about chancing that without Exagryph and Hestia

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John Wick is full of references to the classical world. “Parabellum” refers to the phrase “so vis pacem, para bellum,” meaning “if you want peace, prepare for war.”

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It's also the name of a specific bullet!

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They literally say that quote in the third movie

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Charon

Is it a hard K sound or soft Ch- sound

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With words of Greek origin, a starting Ch is pronounced like a K. Think “chaos.”

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It Hades (the game) is accurate, it's pronounced "care-on" (hard c)

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Winston (Ian McShane) in the films pronounces the characters name with a soft ch and with an e at the end (sha-rone).

You can hear this clearly in the scene in JW3, where Charon and John are gearing up to fight the High Table’s squad sent to The Continental. Winston tells Charon to “set the mood for our new guests”

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In the movies Winston always says sh-aron

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