“You will cry.
Part 2 is going to be a sad one.”
The road to the end of theFast & Furiousfranchise just keeps getting longer.
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“Let’s see what this one does,” Leterrier tells EW aboutFast X’s box office returns.
Don’t shove it down people’s throats, but give people what they love.
So let’s see [what happens next]."
Vin Diesel and Daniela Melchior in ‘Fast X’.Peter Mountain/Universal Pictures
“I mean, who knows?
Two years ago we didn’t think that movies would ever exist anymore,” he explains.
“But there are many ways to get there.
Many roads will lead us to the end.”
“As a fan, you will love the ending and you will cry,” he adds.
“Part 2 is going to be a sad one.
It’s going to be beautiful, and I’m so happy I’m doing it.”
As for that whole “Part 2” thing:Fast Xtruly is Part 1 of the story.
Leterrier joinedFast Xafter filming had already begun, as formerFastdirectorJustin Linshockinglyleft the project.
Leterrier took the wheel weeks later, so the story was already developed when he signed on.
That’s why he wanted to put everything he had into this movie.
“Fast X is like my magnum opus,” he says.
Leterrierdidend up changing things from Lin’s original script, saying, “It was not fully working.”
“My first task was, ‘Can you rewrite the third act?’
So I wrote my version of the third act.
So, basically, I changed everything.”
He laughs before clarifying, “Justin’s script was very strong.”
“I loved it,” he says.
It’s the beginning of the end."
Fast Xhits theaters this weekend.
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