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Fast X: Jason Momoa Says It's A "Bummer" He Didn't Get To Drive More

Fast X star Jason Momoa says it was a "bummer" that he didn't get to drive more in the upcoming movie, but hopes that will change in Fast 11.

Published Tue, 16 May 2023 09:02:11 -0500

by Kaitlyn Booth

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When someone joins The Fast Saga, there are a lot of things that would come with that sort of casting. You know you're joining a massive franchise that had an absolutely insane amount of money over going on ten films. It has become extremely important to the core cast, and joining this cast is joining something bigger than yourself. You know the stunts are going to be absolutely buckwild. Finally, you know there are going to be cars, a lot of them, and you're going to [likely] be driving a car. At least, that was what Jason Momoa thought when he joined the cast of Fast X as the villainous Dante. Instead, as he explained during a roundtable (via CinemaBlend), he was a little "bummed" that he didn't get to drive more, which seems insane considering this is a Fast and Furious movie.,

"My only one maybe like bummer of the whole thing is I didn't get to drive more, which is gonna change in the next one," Momoa explained. "That'll be my massive request, is going like, 'I would love to go to driving school.' I would love to go learn that stuff. I know how to ride motorcycles just from doing my own thing, and so I did 80 percent of the motorcycle stuff, which is great, and I'm super happy that they trusted me to do it. And then the stunts that would jeopardize the whole picture, obviously a stunt man would take that over, but I really would love to drive more."

We know that there is at least one more movie on the horizon, so Momoa's wish to be able to drive more after Fast X could happen. Of all the things you thought someone would say about being in a Fast and Furious movie, did you think not being able to drive enough would be something that came up? This franchise never ceases to surprise.

Fast X: Summary, Cast List, Release Date

The end of the road begins. Fast X, the tenth film in the Fast & Furious Saga, launches the final chapters of one of cinema's most storied and popular global franchises, now in its third decade and still going strong with the same core cast and characters as when it began. Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his family have outsmarted, out-nerved, and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, they confront the most lethal opponent they've ever faced: A terrifying threat emerging from the shadows of the past who's fueled by blood revenge and who is determined to shatter this family and destroy everything—and everyone—that Dom loves forever.

In 2011's Fast Five, Dom and his crew took out nefarious Brazilian drug kingpin Hernan Reyes and decapitated his empire on a bridge in Rio De Janeiro. What they didn't know was that Reyes' son, Dante (Aquaman's Jason Momoa), witnessed it all and has spent the last 12 years masterminding a plan to make Dom pay the ultimate price. Dante's plot will scatter Dom's family from Los Angeles to the catacombs of Rome, from Brazil to London, and from Portugal to Antarctica. New allies will be forged, and old enemies will resurface. But everything changes when Dom discovers that his own 8-year-old son (Leo Abelo Perry, Black-ish) is the ultimate target of Dante's vengeance.

Directed by Louis Leterrier (Clash of the Titans, The Incredible Hulk), Fast X stars returning cast members Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jordana Brewster, Sung Kang, Jason Statham, John Cena, and Scott Eastwood, with Oscar® winner Helen Mirren and Oscar® winner Charlize Theron. The film also features an extraordinary new cast, including Oscar® winner Brie Larson as Tess, a rogue representative from the Agency; Alan Richtson (Reacher) as Aimes, the new head of the Agency who doesn't hold the same fondness for Dom's crew as his predecessor, Mr. Nobody; Daniela Melchior (The Suicide Squad) as a Brazilian street racer with a powerful tie to Dom's past; and legendary Oscar® winner Rita Moreno as Dom and Mia's Abuelita Toretto. Fast X will be released on May 19th.