When it comes to the 'Fast' franchise, Vin Diesel knows how to recruit new members.
"So much of the saga has kind of been about fatherhood," Diesel began."The quintessential moment in the first film, Dom is talking about his father. And at some point, I felt like the audience would need to see some of the incredible females that have led to this family, that have been responsible for Dom and this family that kind of gravitates around this character, where some of these ideals come from.
He continued,"And in 9, we play with Dom's father, which is Jack. You're introduced to Jack. And so, it was a natural kind of thing to say, 'Here's the Abuela.'" While Diesel's idol has always been Sidney Poitier, Moreno's trailblazing career is something he reveres, and wanted to celebrate in film, not only for the Latinx fans that follow the franchise, but for the legacy the films look to leave behind as well.
"My hero has always been Sidney Poitier, so, my whole life, I have been like, Sidney Poitier was the guy that opened the doors for my father and everyone in the world, but five years earlier, Rita Moreno won an Oscar, and nobody really thinks about that, and kind of realizes how much of a pioneer she was," Diesel explained.
. "I told him, 'You should work with her. You should have her be your grandma, have her slap you upside the head. Have her have a little tone, because you know her, it's all tone.'" fans will get to see her behind the wheel in the upcoming film -- out May 19 -- saying only, "It's astonishing."
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