Last year, Helen Mirren declared her love for the Fast & Furious franchise and, in particular, Vin Diesel, who was pretty convinced that Furious 7 could win the Oscar for Best Picture.
Mirren joins a cast that includes the usual Fast & Furious suspects, along with Charlize Theron as the new villain and Game of Thrones star Kristofer Hivju as her henchman.
I said, ‘I’ll be in it, but only if I’m allowed to drive if I do drive in it.’
And now we patiently wait as the greatest friendship of our time blossoms, inevitably yielding a series of delightful photos featuring Mirren and Diesel.