“We looked at the whole saga and tied it together,” director Louis Leterrier tells EW.
“Thematically, that’s what this movie is about, so let’s pay it off.”
Check out the first trailer above now.
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“They’re his conscience.
They’re the people that keep him grounded.
And that’s what Rita Moreno does.”
Vin Diesel and Daniela Melchior in ‘Fast X’.Peter Mountain/Universal Pictures
“She never left.
She was always there.
Even jet-lagged, she fell asleep in the Dom Toretto garage on the set.
Jason Momoa in ‘Fast X’.Giulia Parmigiani/Universal Pictures
“Dom was always a lone wolf.
The stakes are real now.
Dom is changing and life is changing.
Vin Diesel in ‘Fast X’.Peter Mountain/Universal Pictures
Life has more weight now.”
“Jason Momoa brought everything.
He dumped the kitchen sink on the table.
Brie Larson in ‘Fast X’.Peter Mountain/Universal Pictures
He brings chaos to the franchise, and that’s what is needed.
“He is the yang of his yin, the antichrist of his Christ.
When Dom wears blacks or whites, he wears nothing but colors.
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Dom has a close shaved head, he has the hair, he paints his nails.
He has the same car, but different Dom will drive a Dodge, he will drive a Chevy.
That’s the thing: he teases him, he pushes Dom’s buttons.”
‘Fast X’.Giulia Parmigiani/Universal Pictures
“Family has been the secret weapon, the super strength that Dom has had.
It’s his superpower,” Leterrier says.
“But when that family is used against him, it becomes his Achilles heel.
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The moment where Dom is at his weakest is because he can’t control everyone.
Dante knows that Dom’s weakest point is his family, that’s where he hurts the most.
Dante’s experienced that firsthand, and now he’s going to make him feel what he felt.”
Leterrier reveals thatFast XretconsFast Fivein a big way to “thematically explore the price of justice.”
“[Fast Five] is easily the best movie of the franchise.
It’s the greatest,” Leterrier agrees.
“We see them from afar and they’re like, ‘Take them out.
They’re bad guys, they stole our safe.’
A good antagonist has their own truth, so that’s what we [wanted to explore].”
That is our opening, and it’s so good.”
And it’s not justFast Fivemaking a comeback.
Leterrier reveals thatFast Xis “playing with time” and touches on everyFastfilm in some way.
“And now it’s tumbling down towards him and you’re going to see that.
Thematically, that’s what this movie is about, so let’s pay it off.”
Letty shows her respect, telling her “game recognizes game” with a smile.
He pauses before adding, “And she has an origin that is clearly part of the franchise.
And that’s how she [fits in].”
The footage shows Dom challenging Dante to a race, which he accepts.
“That was so important to me,” he says.
“That was not in the script, it’s something I added.
I hadn’t seen a street race for a while and I wanted the antagonist to be a driver.
I wanted to see our actors behind the wheel.
I wanted to create special cameras and rigs to fly through the cars like we’ve never seen before.
But expect to see more than one-liners going back and forth between these two inFast X.
“I wanted this moment to be so special.
That’s something I was missing [in the last movie].
It’s really fun and special.”
Cipher
Just before the heart-pounding trailer ends, it reveals one last trick up its sleeve.
What follows is a montage of brutal fighting between the two women that teases an ultimate showdown.
“Cipher is the devil, so when Cipher gets scared, it’s interesting.
The scenes between her and Vin, they are so potent, so powerful.”
Fast Xdrives into theaters May 19.
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