Nevertheless, The Fate of the Furious boasts by far the most exciting lineup of new cast members, like Charlize Theron as the villainous Cypher, Scott Eastwood, and perhaps most surprisingly, Oscar-winner Dame Helen Mirren.
Fully embracing the ridiculousness of its premise with some awe-inspiring action sequences, that trend only looks to continue in this year’s The Fate of the Furious.
She came up to me at a party last year and said, ‘I want to be in Fast & Furious with you.’
The script was [already] greenlit, but she told the right person, because a week later she got written in.”