FastX Director Louis Leterrier Won't Be Giving You the Ending You Expect, & He's 'Planting the Seeds' Now Leterrier also talks about getting a prototype DeLorean in the film, why he was hesitant to helm the sequel, and more.
The tenth entry of the highest octane franchise, Fast X, marks the beginning of the end for the Fast Family. As we near the end of the road, director Louis Leterrier spoke with Collider’s Steve Weintraub about taking the wheel and guiding this now-iconic series to its bittersweet conclusion.
LETERRIER: Tough to pull off, yes. It ended up in the movie because – I don't know if you remember, maybe you didn't follow, but at one point there was a leaked image of the Cannon car that went on the internet, and then people went crazy, and they thought that after going to space, we're going to do time travel. [Laughs] So like, after space travel was going to be time travel.
LETERRIER: That’s exactly right. And people are like, “But it's fine because, at the end of the day, you tried your best.” I was like, “No.” Because if you fail, your name is attached, you're the guy who killed the Fast & Furious franchise, you know? There's no poster that says, “Well, we didn't have the budget so the movie is not as good. The schedule was bad, the weather was horrible.” No one cares. They judge you.
Also, it was hard for me to sort of just treat it as one single movie because, as you saw, it's not conceived as one movie. So I had to go a little bit further into the story to understand what this movie was about. So, there was some deep writing that was happening, and then some seed-planting that needed to happen on this one.
LETERRIER: Well, what do you think? I’m asking this a friend, do you think we should call it Part 2 knowing that there's a real– or should we call it…? I think we should really call it Part B or Part 2, or, you know, Chapter 2, or something, because it really feels like the continuation of that story. Like this is like a hyphen.
I forgot about the other names in other territories. But Jason Momoa is a badass in this movie, and he's three steps ahead. So I do want to know, how much were you already thinking about the next movie in terms of setting up how the guys can actually win, and thinking about that? Because let's be honest, I don't see Jason winning in the end. This is a Fast & Furious movie.
Vin told me a while ago – I don't know when it was maybe it was the last Fast movie – that he knew the last scene. I'm curious if it's still that scene that he hinted at. Since you're obsessed with the editing process, you know a director’s cut kind of takes 10 weeks to do this? Our amazing editing team did it in four-and-a-half weeks, five weeks. Five weeks in, we were able to show the movie, but that was necessary because we had a 25-week post. As per usual, there's a release date before this. [Laughs]
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Fast X Director Louis Leterrier Knows How The Fast Saga EndsFast X director Louis Leterrier revealed that he knew how The Fast Saga ended before he was signed on to return to direct Fast 11. FastX Universal TheFastSaga UniversalPictures
Read more »
Essential Louis Leterrier Movies to Watch Before Fast XBefore Fast X is released, let's take a look at some of the best Louis Leterrier movies from this acclaimed director's career.
Read more »
It's not just that Scott Berry won, but how he won at Southern MissHead baseball coach Scott Berry, the winningest in Southern Miss history, announced he will retire at the end of the season. Columnist Rick Cleveland recounts Berry's legendary career and what he's built in Hattiesburg.
Read more »
Pa. primary election 2023: When to expect results, how vote counting will work, and morePennsylvania county election officials expect to have results on election night. But the vote counting system remains cumbersome despite new improvements.
Read more »
AOC warns Biden not to negotiate with GOP on budget: 'Expect pushback' on any major concessionsProgressive Squad members warned President Biden he could face 'huge backlash' in 2024 if he gave up anything they wanted in debt ceiling negotiations, according to a report.
Read more »