Fast X got here out firstly of the summer time, and it was…form of a large number within the worst approach. However a real shiny spot inside that mess is Jason Momoa as Dante Reyes, the son of Quick 5’s Hernan Reyes who’s come in search of revenge in opposition to Staff Toretto. He’s foolish, he’s threatening, he’s form of a homosexual techno Joker, and Momoa is clearly having a blast taking part in what’s in all probability one of the best villain in a sequence stuffed largely with duds.
Over the course of the final film, Dante successfully shattered the Toretto clan in a number of totally different instructions, and lots of of their potential allies (like Jason Statham’s Deckard Shaw or Charlize Theron’s Cipher) are scattered or tousled in their very own troubles. With Dante returning as the primary villain for Quick XI, director Louis Leterrier guarantees that he’ll turn into a fair larger risk in the course of the sequel. Speaking to Empire Magazine, he teased that they might “do one thing else” with Dante and his gleeful carnage for the following film. “It’s by no means twice the identical with Jason,” he continued. “Dante will really evolve. Let’s discover one thing we haven’t seen earlier than.”
Leterrier credited Momoa for why Dante works so effectively, saying the unique pitch for the character was only a man who was “fueled by vengeance.” Whereas it could’ve been straightforward for the actor to play the function as “darkish and offended,” he counseled Momoa’s adaptability and willingness to experiment. “It was fascinating to play with the duality and the push-pull inside the character, the place inside the similar sentence he’s laughing and feels the ache of shedding every little thing. Solely an actor like Jason might have completed that.” What occurs subsequent with the character in Quick XI—and within the eventual second spinoff film for Dwayne Johnson’s Luke Hobbs—will equally rely on Momoa and what course he looks like taking the character.
What different actually evil, hateable issues can Dante do after kidnapping Dom’s son, and attempting to explode a number of of his mates? We’ll discover out at any time when Quick XI releases within the close to future.
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