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Hey, everyone, this is Justin Lin,
director of Furious 6.
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I know that all the posters out there...
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Everybody was talking about
Fast & Furious 6 and everything,
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but I just wanted it to be
totally clear and on the record,
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when we were working on the trilogy,
starting from Four,
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the idea was to always call it, Fast & Furious
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and then Fast Five and then Furious 6
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to be the culmination
of this chapter of the franchise.
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But I think the marketing part of the studio,
I think with Fast Five they did some research
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and, for some reason, they came back
and wanted to do Fast & Furious 6.
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So, it was many discussions,
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Long discussions with executives,
heads of the studio.
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I really wanted to keep it in the spirit
of what we were trying to do
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so that's why when you watch
the film now it will say Furious 6.
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And it was always intended to be that way.
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The start of the movie here,
on the cliffs in Tenerife...
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This really...
l wanted to start this film off with no music.
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I think at the core of it,
I really wanted that visceral connection
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with the audience
that we've never had in this franchise.
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And hopefully, it sends a signal
to everybody that's watching it.
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That even though this is
part six of a franchise,
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we're not resting,
we're going to keep pushing.
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And I thought it turned out really well,
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it was really tough
because those are real cliffs,
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Long drops, and it was very dangerous
and for the right...
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For the drivers to get together
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and to be able to execute that,
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I feel very fortunate to have, again,
the best crew in the world.
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Because I'll be there to kick your ass
if you ain't.
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-Get in there.
-Go.
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So, here we have, obviously, the misdirect.
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Where you think it's the end of Fast Five
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but we're actually going into
the life-changing aspect of this franchise,
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which was Brian and Mia having their baby.
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We didn't really have a... Well, here it is,
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here's the montage of the last 12 years.
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But we didn't really have too many
discussions about having the baby,
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and I was very...
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From pretty much the fourth one, Fast Four,
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I wanted to evolve and grow the franchise.
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And with that, I think, it just felt natural that
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Brian and Mia would get together
and, ultimately, start a family.
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It will be very interesting to see
where an action franchise will go after 6,
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with the baby growing up
along with everything.
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This montage actually came
pretty late in the game,
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but it was actually
such a great time working on it.
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And PIC, who did this montage,
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did an amazing job.
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I thought they captured,
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not only the linear narrative of this franchise,
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but at the same time,
the spirit of what this franchise is about.
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I remember watching it for the first time
and a lot of the crew members, too.
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You do get a little emotional.
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For me, it's been eight years,
almost a whole decade doing these films.
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And to be able to get excited every morning,
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wanting to show up, work with people.
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And we've developed
and grown into a family.
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It is quite emotional.
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And I felt it was very appropriate for this
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because again, Fast & Furious 6,
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Furious 6 was always designed
to be the culmination.
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l know there were rumors out there
about shooting two at once, and that's true.
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But it was always going to culminate
in the plane sequence.
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It was very interesting
because we had so much story to tell
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but at the end of the day I felt like,
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we could actually squeeze it all in one.
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So, that's why when you watch this film,
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you might get a sense that,
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"Wow. There's probably a little more action
than I'm used to."
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And that's true in the sense that,
at one point I was going to be...
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There was going to be two movies.
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When we were working on it,
it was so massive
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because there was 1 3 characters,
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there's a whole other intro of a team.
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And I was up for doing two movies.
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It was going to be quite challenging.
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And we were actually going to call it...
After Fast Five,
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we were going to do back-to-back movies
and call it The Fast and The Furious
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and that was going to end it.
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But at the end of the day
it all worked, it all worked out for...
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I'm happy with the fact
that we could put it all into one movie.
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And this is it for this chapter.
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And here you can see, Gina Carano
has joined the franchise as Riley.
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l got you five minutes with this guy.
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l only need two.
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I'm so excited to have her be part of this film
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because of the fact that she really can fight
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and she has this confidence.
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I remember meeting her for the first time
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and she's the nicest person.
One of the nicest people I've ever met.
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And she's so calm.
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And I think part of that calm
comes from the fact
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that she just knows she can
break you in half if she wanted to.
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And she's so great to work with,
always comes prepared.
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And it was just such a pleasure
to be on set with her every day.
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I've got rights...
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And here is Oakes, who's being
interrogated by Dwayne as Hobbs.
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He's a great guy. He's actually a magician.
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And l was told to be careful
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and not look into his eyes too long.
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But he was a really fun guy.
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He was up for being
thrown around by Dwayne all day.
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So, any information you just beat out of him,
Interpol has now.
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Great. Now they can take the morning off.
Shaw's in London.
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Let's go pick him up.
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This scene right here in the hallway,
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we actually had a couple of
other scenes written
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about Letty and joining the team.
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And it explained a lot more.
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But at the end of the day
I really didn't think it was necessary.
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I thought it would be better
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for us to find out.
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We all, kind of, already know
because of the end of Fast Five.
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To be able to be here and find out with Dom.
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And l think it all worked out
because the first act of this film,
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there's just so much going on
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that I felt like we needed to,
hopefully, stay just long enough
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to be able to have that emotional impact,
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and for the audience
to be able to connect with the characters.
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And at the same time,
to be able to always be moving forward.
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And I remember here,
we had some fun discussions
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about Dom drinking beer in the morning
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because, as with all shoots,
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I will always have conversations with Valeria,
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the script supervisor, about clocks.
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You will see that there's
a clock in the background
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and I think it's like,
8:00 or 9:00 in the morning.
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And finally, I just thought,
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"Yeah, Dom would be drinking beer
at 8:00 or 9:00 in the morning."
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...and no extradition.
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So what are you doing here, cop?
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Last Tuesday, a team
of highly coordinated drivers
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took down an entire military convoy
in Russia.
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l don't do cold weather.
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l know it wasn't you.
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But you're going to help me
catch the team responsible.
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And you ain't gonna need that.
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You can't touch him, Hobbs.
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This Dom and Hobbs scene,
it was very interesting going on set
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because of the relationship between
Dom and Hobbs from Fast Five.
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And l think both
Dwayne and Vin were coming in
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and trying to find that right balance
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of the fact that they don't
have to like each other,
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but they have to respect each other.
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And I thought they did a great job of that.
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It took a little time to, kind of, fine-tune it.
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But it's always hard, I think,
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with scenes like this
where you do have two main characters.
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I like to play with the gray, and I thought that
these were some of the fun days for me,
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to be there with Dwayne and Vin
and really make adjustments.
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And that's what I enjoy a lot of times,
working with them,
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with actors who can really take it in
and make these adjustments as we go.
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I'm going to need everything...
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I remember this day
when we were shooting...
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It's funny because it looks like there's
sunlight behind on that wide shot,
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but right now, where the shot's on Vin,
it was actually our last shot.
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l had to shoot this scene in about an hour
because there was a huge rainstorm coming.
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And really on the last take with Vin...
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You just started seeing the rain come down.
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But we were able to just get enough
and the performance was great
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that it didn't become a problem.
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But that's always
the thing about shooting practically.
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It's always a challenge.
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Especially... It was funny, at Tenerife,
I was told that it rained four days a year.
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And it happened that when we were there
it rained every day.
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So, there's another scene later on where
you can actually see when we lost the light.
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And this intro scene here,
actually, I had it scripted,
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and as with all these big budget films,
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the numbers come in and l remember
getting a call from the studio saying, "No.
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"We have to cut the budget.
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"And you can't have the intros."
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And this is very much like
the favela chase in Fast Five.
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I remember thinking,
"How can you not have the intros?"
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And they said, "Well, we can't afford it."
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So l said, "Okay, fine."
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And I just kept working it
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and somehow l was able to
squeeze in all these scenes here.
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I was able to get it into the schedule.
And so, it was never scheduled.
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We were able to get all these scenes,
even Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong was actually
the last day of production.
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I actually have four sound stages
running at once
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and l ran outside to shoot this.
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I left my assistant with the Antonov pilots
to shoot some inserts
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while we shot this in two hours.
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And sometimes it takes that,
even with a big budget film,
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you never have enough.
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And it was incredible that we were able to,
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basically, be shooting
four different crews at one point.
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And this was definitely a fun way
to end this big journey.
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To shoot Hong Kong
and only have two hours to do it.
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Coming up here, there's gonna be,
at the very end of the sequence,
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the button, which is the
"Roman with a voucher" joke.
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It is probably the most
divisive joke of my career.
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I would say, it almost crossed like...
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It basically divided by race...
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Or l would say, probably more class.
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Either people
thought it was the funniest thing
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or people just didn't get it at all.
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And the, "It's Roman, bitches!"
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It's funny because that's what
Tyrese actually had on his seat.
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He had them speciaIIy made where it said,
"lt's Roman bitches!"
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And I would always give him a hard time
saying, "You're missing a comma."
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And so I was able to bring that back.
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I thought when I saw the plane shot
I thought it'd be funny to put that in.
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And here we're actually
back in Tenerife, shooting.
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And this was very challenging.
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These days, it was supposed to play
sunny and paradise
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and we were just getting
horrible weather issues.
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But Steve Windon did
an amazing job of creating sunlight
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and at times with just rain pouring
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and we were able to get away with it,
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and not have it affect our schedule.
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And this scene coming up, actually,
was a really challenging one,
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especially for Paul.
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This idea of Brian living in paradise
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but yet, not feeling fully complete.
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This moment was tough.
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I remember having to
shut down the set one day
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and just basically go in
and really talk with Paul for a few hours
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about where his character was
and where Brian is going.
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And I think it's so important
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because in a way,
Brian is kind of the heart of this film.
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He's articulating a lot of what
the other characters are feeling.
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And it was all worth it,
because I remember coming in the next day
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and on the first take he just nailed it,
he got it.
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And I think it plays really well.
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Hobbs.
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If you really look on the Paul coverage,
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there is actually no sunlight behind him
because it was raining.
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I'm still blown away that we were able to
get it all without having to re-shoot.
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Letty's dead, Dom.
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l need to know for sure.
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Then I'm going with you.
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Here also, it's a big scene
between Dom and Brian
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and their feeling of guilt of what
had happened to Letty, potentially.
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And I felt it was very important
for Mia to come in
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and be the strength of the scene.
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You always were.
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I think it's very easy
for the guys to be strong and try to lead
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but I really wanted her to launch
our characters into their journey.
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I felt like it was very important to do that.
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Because at the end of the day,
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I feel like this is about the family
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and you need her to be able to be strong
for Dom and Brian to be strong.
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And here we're in the headquarters.
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These are some of
the hardest scenes to shoot
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because I'm gonna have seven
or eight characters to take care of.
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I had a lot of different personalities,
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and everybody works differently,
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so it's very important for me to
be able to ramp everybody up correctly.
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I know I try not to get Tyrese's
close-ups in the morning because he just...
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It doesn't matter what time zone you're in,
he's never awake in the a.m.
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It's just strategizing and making sure
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that everybody is, hopefully, ramped up
so that when the camera's on them,
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they're at their best.
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Give them a reason to stay.
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Our target is Owen Shaw.
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Former major in the S.A.S., Spec-ops soldier.
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With this film, more than the others,
I have all these photos
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that we had to have
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and it was, like, two weeks of just,
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outside of production,
shooting these photos, just so we can have,
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to be able to have
the characters throw around.
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It's probably the least fun part of this job
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is making sure that we have all these photos
so we can display them later.
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And we did that during prep.
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And you're still trying to ask for money?
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That's how you stay a millionaire.
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This scene... To me this is like the torture
scene in Fast Five and a lot of these films.
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It's necessary, but it means nothing.
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This tech bomb and Nightshade,
it's just a MacGuffin.
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And I think for us, for this franchise,
we're going into this new genre.
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And my challenge,
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I wanted to make it a personal challenge
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that we say "Nightshade device"
only once in this film
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because it's just there to help
drive everything forward.
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Which one of these things is a dollar?
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It says something about...
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And I felt like it was necessary
to have some fun
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and have some
character moments in this scene.
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Because l didn't want it
just to be an exposition scene.
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And so when
the vending machine idea came up
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I just thought that was kind of
the perfect complement
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to articulate, in a fun way,
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the relationship between the Toretto team
and Hobbs' pitch.
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...to make that family whole again.
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There it is, with the photo again.
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You want to make this family whole again?
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This is also a big moment for Brian.
l think for Brian's evolution.
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He is growing into this patriarch role.
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And he's not there yet,
but he's the one that's sitting
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and making sure everybody
is doing it for the right reasons.
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That's the deal.
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Take it or leave it.
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I enjoy ensemble films.
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But to make sure that everybody has their arc
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and be serviced with
the limited real estate at times,
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that's something that I really like doing
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but it's the most difficult thing
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because we only have so much time,
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not only on the schedule, but on film,
in this film for two hours.
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So it's always fighting and trying
to carve out little moments for them.
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And a lot of the jokes with Tyrese,
they're not written.
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I know Tyrese very well,
we kind of came up together
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and we have a lot of trust.
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So, a lot of times I'll just watch a scene,
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something will come up,
I'll just walk up to him
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and tell him to try different lines.
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And he always nails it and I really enjoy that.
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It's the scariest thing to show up on set
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and know that you have a scene
but you might not have some of the jokes
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and to be able to do it on the fly,
you really need someone that you can trust.
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And I feel very fortunate
to have that with him.
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And now we have this big intro scene
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that's gonna basically turn into
an intro sequence of the Shaw team.
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For me, this is one of the most exciting
reasons why Furious 6 exists.
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I feel like, in the past, in this franchise,
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we've always had bad guys,
antagonists who exist
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and they service
and they do what they need to do.
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And a lot of times,
they're there to service the plot.
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But l wanted to create
an antagonist for the first time
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that had a philosophy.
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A philosophy that's valid, that you
can actually watch this movie and say,
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"Well, it makes sense.
It makes sense what he's talking about."
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And I really wanted
that philosophy to challenge
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and really push the Toretto philosophy
of family and loyalty.
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And I feel very fortunate to have Luke
to be able to play Shaw.
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He's so good,
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I always had such a great time
with him on set
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because he comes ready
and he makes my job very easy.
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Because we get to...
We have a very strong foundation
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when he's on set
and we're able to make adjustments.
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So that just really makes Shaw
that much more interesting
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in a very limited amount of time.
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Come on, you son of a bitch.
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Here is the first time you see the Flip Car.
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lt's your share from the last job.
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We usually will build something.
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In Fast Five,
it was the truck in the train sequence.
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In Fast Four, it was Han's orange truck.
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But this time, I was so excited because
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when I was thinking about
the character of Shaw,
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l felt like he's not a character
that's gonna basically take a car
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and modify it, like what Dom would do.
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He actually would build a car
that would service whatever he needed to do.
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It was all about the function.
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So l remember sitting down with
Dennis McCarthy at one point
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and we were talking about a Flip Car,
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and he had designed this Flip Car
that was like a Mercedes SUV
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and it was pretty big, and it looked great
but I felt like it was wrong.
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So l said, "Look, let's try something
that's a bit more European.
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"We're somewhere in Europe,
so let the F1 cars inspire us."
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And within two hours he faxed me
the design, the blueprints,
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and that's what you see here.
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And it's unbelievable,
he built it from the ground up.
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Everything we wanted to do, it did.
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And here we're at Canary Wharf.
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And it was really a lot of fun
shooting the implosion.
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Now I can say I'm probably...
I consider myself a veteran in this genre
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and I'll tell you, it never gets old
when you actually have live explosives.
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It doesn't matter,
it can be 4:00 in the morning,
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your adrenaline will be pumping
when those things go off.
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-There he is.
-On it.
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And right here we have...
These are the streets of London in the film,
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but we actually shot in Glasgow.
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London is almost impossible to shoot in.
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Especially for these sequences
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where we had to shut down
the streets for a whole night.
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So Glasgow ended up being
a really great city to substitute for London.
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And the people there are great.
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Our crew had a really great time.
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But this was the one kind of
six blocks that we had.
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And there it is, there's the Flip Car.
Watch, there's a shot coming up.
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This one is the pride and joy and...
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Right there, we do it in a one-ER.
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And there's no tricks.
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That Flip Car did flip that police car.
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I remember talking to Dennis
when he built the Flip Car
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and they were talking about,
"We're gonna have to do it in two pieces."
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And I really was challenging them to say,
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"l want to do it in one."
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As you can see there, these Flip Cars
were actually designed to crab also,
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which is something I wish I could...
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I could get that car again...
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I'd probably have 10 other
sequences designed for it.
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Here we have the intro
of the rest of Shaw's team.
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l wanted them to demolish
and embarrass the Toretto crew.
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So we found this location...
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Again, there's another clock tower.
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In Fast Five, it was a lot more Dom and Brian
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and l feel like this is the mirror movie
to Fast Five,
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and I wanted to give all the other characters
a lot more to do.
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And, l think, Gal, Sung,
Tyrese, Chris, everybody,
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you could feel they were so hungry,
they couldn't wait.
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So, it was always fun showing up
on set with these people
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because they'd come ready to play.
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-Shaw, we have three cars tailing us.
-You know what to do.
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Here, we're coming into
part of Brian's evolution in his arc,
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and then we're seeing what's happening,
the counter with Shaw's team.
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It was really a lot of fun
putting together this team.
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I gotta say, it's probably
some of the best people to work with.
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They're so professional, they showed up.
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It was great to kind of look around the world
and to be able to find them.
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Kim was in this Sundance movie,
Teddy Bear.
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Sammy, he's a boxer
and I've known him since my Annapolis days.
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I was actually training with him.
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I remember, when we were writing
the scene with the joke, the evil twin joke,
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and I really needed someone who's smaller
because I wanted to do the Mini-Me joke,
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and l looked at Sammy and l thought,
"Oh, man, perfect."
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He actually did a great job showing up.
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I really like the makeup of that team.
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The storefront here,
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we actually built the whole building
just so we can wreck it.
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But it ended up being spectacular.
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When we did the cannon,
Tyrese's car just flipped perfectly.
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I think our biggest fear was that
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it was gonna tumble like the rest
of the cannons in the sequence.
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Approaching rendezvous point.
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Dom! Tej and Roman are out! Where you at?
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I'm right behind you!
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Here, we're actually in Liverpool.
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I found this tunnel that I loved,
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I've always loved how graphic it is
when you're traveling in tunnels
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and to be able to have this one
where it actually has arcs and turns,
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l couldn't ask for a better scenario.
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I think the only challenge was
to have to move the crew all over
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to be able to get this done.
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This part coming up where
Brian gets flipped.
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It was one of those moments where
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I wanted to make sure that we actually
were flipping Paul.
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So, we rigged up this rotisserie set
where he's flipping 360, rotating.
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Still, nothing beats doing it for real.
435
00:28:30,834 --> 00:28:36,672
I remember using that rig on Tokyo Drift
with Lucas in the first race,
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so it was great to be able to bring that back.
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We're about to hit
the third act of this sequence.
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Now we're back in London,
we're actually at Wembley Stadium.
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When we were doing all the location scouts,
I was getting a little worried,
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because I had very specific ideas about
what needed to be done in this sequence,
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and we were not coming close.
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As soon as I got to WembIey, it felt like
the stadium was designed for this sequence.
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It was exactly what I wanted,
the ramp and the curves and everything.
444
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So, it's one of those moments in filmmaking
where, somehow, it was out there.
445
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We found it and it was a perfect match.
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Dwayne, he's actually there,
there is no green screen or anything.
447
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We shot this at Wembley Stadium.
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All directors work very differently,
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but, for me, it's very important
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to make sure that first unit, second unit,
all the shots are in sync.
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So that, stylistically,
it doesn't feel segmented.
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And I'm always working with the actors.
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l feel like l have to be there
every second that they're there.
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In some films, the actors just go off
with the second unit,
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I just don't feel right doing that.
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In the example of this sequence,
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I literally would shoot a full day,
7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., basically, first unit,
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I get in a car, I go to second unit
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00:30:20,652 --> 00:30:25,406
and I shoot from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
with the second unit.
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And then I jump into the car
and go back to first unit
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and shoot 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
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I had a couple of those instances
where you go almost 48 hours without sleep.
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But I think it's important to do that
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because to be able to track
all the arcs and the characters,
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l need to make sure I'm there
to make the adjustments.
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00:30:47,971 --> 00:30:50,097
See, man, when a woman
starts shooting at you,
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that's a clear sign to back the fuck off!
468
00:30:54,269 --> 00:30:56,604
We need to get the hell out of Dodge!
469
00:30:57,522 --> 00:31:01,359
This is another example of the improv-ing.
470
00:31:01,777 --> 00:31:03,945
That's not as big as your forehead.
471
00:31:05,155 --> 00:31:06,906
l think the Chris joke was in there,
472
00:31:06,990 --> 00:31:10,993
but the forehead was something
that we kept playing with.
473
00:31:11,203 --> 00:31:15,790
I think we're able to, at the end of the day,
kind of give it a little extra push.
474
00:31:15,999 --> 00:31:18,125
But it's complicated.
475
00:31:18,210 --> 00:31:19,919
Letty's alive.
476
00:31:20,003 --> 00:31:21,295
That's all that matters.
477
00:31:21,380 --> 00:31:24,840
I feel so lucky, and this is probably
karma coming from Fast Five,
478
00:31:24,925 --> 00:31:27,260
when we had such baby problems.
479
00:31:27,344 --> 00:31:30,179
I remember shooting the favela,
we shot that in a day and a half
480
00:31:30,264 --> 00:31:32,223
and I thought it was a miracle.
481
00:31:32,307 --> 00:31:36,143
And then we had baby scenes the next day
and it killed us.
482
00:31:36,228 --> 00:31:40,439
We ended up having to build a favela set
in Atlanta just to reshoot everything
483
00:31:40,649 --> 00:31:43,192
because I couldn't get the babies
to cooperate.
484
00:31:43,277 --> 00:31:46,654
And on this film, every baby was just perfect.
485
00:31:46,738 --> 00:31:50,574
I mean, they couldn't be cuter
and their timing was impeccable.
486
00:31:50,659 --> 00:31:52,743
She looked dead at me, Brian.
487
00:31:54,079 --> 00:31:56,580
Maybe the Letty we once knew is gone, Dom.
488
00:31:58,458 --> 00:32:01,168
Even though she's alive, maybe she's gone.
489
00:32:02,170 --> 00:32:04,839
You don't turn your back on family.
490
00:32:06,383 --> 00:32:07,800
Even when they do.
491
00:32:07,884 --> 00:32:11,971
l think that the core of this franchise
has always been about family.
492
00:32:12,931 --> 00:32:15,224
I think, since this is the culmination,
493
00:32:15,350 --> 00:32:18,811
I felt like it was important
to even have the characters articulate it.
494
00:32:18,895 --> 00:32:20,938
I think, usually, I avoid that
495
00:32:21,023 --> 00:32:25,693
but l felt like this is the time
to really have them acknowledge it.
496
00:32:28,864 --> 00:32:30,531
-Ivory.
-Yo.
497
00:32:30,991 --> 00:32:36,037
Again, here, we're now seeing
Shaw's team together for the first time.
498
00:32:37,664 --> 00:32:38,914
Yeah.
499
00:32:40,625 --> 00:32:42,209
Okay, listen up.
500
00:32:42,294 --> 00:32:46,547
We found this great location,
it was a bus depot,
501
00:32:46,715 --> 00:32:51,302
and to be able to build this
and put together this team,
502
00:32:52,054 --> 00:32:55,973
l was a juror a couple years ago at Sundance
503
00:32:56,058 --> 00:33:02,229
and I basically casted three or four
of the roles in this film off of those films.
504
00:33:02,314 --> 00:33:06,067
That's a great way
to find new and exciting talents.
505
00:33:06,401 --> 00:33:09,862
Tonight these common criminals were
seconds away from taking us down.
506
00:33:10,030 --> 00:33:13,199
Show them the respect they deserve,
or it weakens us.
507
00:33:13,909 --> 00:33:15,701
You might want to see this.
508
00:33:22,250 --> 00:33:24,043
Ring any bells?
509
00:33:25,128 --> 00:33:31,801
I remember Michelle had a really tough time
with the "team pussy" line.
510
00:33:32,260 --> 00:33:37,431
And l was adamant that
we have her do that line correct
511
00:33:37,516 --> 00:33:39,600
because, at the core of it,
512
00:33:39,684 --> 00:33:43,104
I think this film is really an exploration
of this idea of trust.
513
00:33:43,355 --> 00:33:46,774
And, Letty, especially, it's so important
514
00:33:46,858 --> 00:33:51,028
because she's playing this trope of amnesia,
515
00:33:51,113 --> 00:33:53,072
which I think you see in a lot of these films.
516
00:33:53,198 --> 00:33:55,866
But to embrace it
and not wink-wink the audience,
517
00:33:55,951 --> 00:33:59,078
and say, "Look, let's just play it
for what it is."
518
00:33:59,162 --> 00:34:02,790
And ultimately, for her,
I didn't want her to get her memory back.
519
00:34:02,874 --> 00:34:09,130
I wanted her to really have to trust her gut,
and that's going to be her journey.
520
00:34:09,214 --> 00:34:14,718
So for that to happen, l felt like
I wanted the team to gang up against her.
521
00:34:14,803 --> 00:34:16,971
And so that's why that line was so important.
522
00:34:18,265 --> 00:34:20,891
I'm sitting here looking at these images...
523
00:34:21,059 --> 00:34:23,602
lt's like we're hunting our evil twins.
524
00:34:23,937 --> 00:34:25,896
Look at this black dude right here,
he's handsome.
525
00:34:25,981 --> 00:34:29,817
And this here is the evil twins scene.
526
00:34:31,194 --> 00:34:37,116
It came out of a discussion l had
where l wanted to build this team
527
00:34:37,367 --> 00:34:42,079
and I said, "I basically want them to be
the Bizarro team to our guys."
528
00:34:42,164 --> 00:34:44,832
And it evolved into these jokes.
529
00:34:45,417 --> 00:34:49,253
So then we just thought, "Okay, great,
let's write it up and let's make it a scene."
530
00:34:49,337 --> 00:34:50,546
It worked out great.
531
00:34:50,672 --> 00:34:56,635
It was actually a lot of fun casting,
not only the talent to be Shaw's team,
532
00:34:56,845 --> 00:35:02,475
but also, at the same time,
to know that this joke is gonna be played.
533
00:35:03,310 --> 00:35:06,854
l got video footage from CCTV of the raid.
Let's track that, see where it leads us.
534
00:35:07,272 --> 00:35:10,357
And secondly, we just got confirmation
on what Shaw's crew grabbed from Interpol.
535
00:35:10,609 --> 00:35:11,692
They ripped off the database
536
00:35:11,860 --> 00:35:14,695
of every location that houses
the final component that they need.
537
00:35:14,821 --> 00:35:15,863
So where are they at?
538
00:35:15,947 --> 00:35:17,698
There are over two dozen of them
around Europe.
539
00:35:17,866 --> 00:35:19,992
But the list is only good for 96 hours.
540
00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:23,454
Which means, wherever Shaw's crew
is going to hit next...
541
00:35:23,538 --> 00:35:28,042
Like I said before, it's usually very tough
shooting these scenes with all these guys,
542
00:35:28,168 --> 00:35:31,045
and every time I shoot these things,
543
00:35:31,171 --> 00:35:34,089
there's always, finally,
when everything comes into sync,
544
00:35:34,299 --> 00:35:38,010
and where there's the crew and the cast
and everything falls right into place,
545
00:35:38,094 --> 00:35:39,345
and this is that scene.
546
00:35:39,429 --> 00:35:44,725
I remember, the first three days was just
trying to get the rhythm of everybody,
547
00:35:44,851 --> 00:35:48,270
how they work, and making sure
they're on set, and this and that.
548
00:35:48,605 --> 00:35:50,481
Once we got to this scene,
549
00:35:50,565 --> 00:35:53,567
I thought Vincent, our first AD,
did a great job scheduling,
550
00:35:53,944 --> 00:35:58,030
because this is one of those scenes
where they need to be a well-oiled machine.
551
00:35:58,490 --> 00:36:02,409
And l think it was smart
to schedule this on the fourth day,
552
00:36:02,536 --> 00:36:06,038
so that when we showed up,
everybody here was in sync
553
00:36:06,164 --> 00:36:09,667
and this scene just came together
very fast and smooth.
554
00:36:12,504 --> 00:36:14,755
Make sure they're fast.
555
00:36:15,048 --> 00:36:16,090
l got this.
556
00:36:16,174 --> 00:36:18,884
I'm already on it, Dom.
I've contacted R&D at DSS.
557
00:36:19,052 --> 00:36:20,511
Hobbs...
558
00:36:20,762 --> 00:36:22,429
l said l got this.
559
00:36:24,599 --> 00:36:26,892
This should be interesting.
560
00:36:28,853 --> 00:36:33,357
We're now getting into the sequence
where it's the beginning of the second act.
561
00:36:39,155 --> 00:36:43,576
At the creation of this scene,
I was always a little hesitant
562
00:36:43,660 --> 00:36:47,121
because, tonally, it's going away
563
00:36:47,205 --> 00:36:51,125
from our franchise, in a way,
the genre, a little bit.
564
00:36:51,918 --> 00:36:55,379
And it's not servicing as much as I like.
565
00:36:55,964 --> 00:37:01,927
But it was interesting, once I was able
to get Ludacris and Dwayne together,
566
00:37:02,304 --> 00:37:06,515
and they had never really been
in scenes together, it just flowed,
567
00:37:06,641 --> 00:37:10,102
and l thought, "Okay, you know what,
it's okay, let's embrace it
568
00:37:10,186 --> 00:37:12,396
"and give it a beat, let's take a beat,
569
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:16,400
"and let's go into territories
that we've never gone to before,
570
00:37:16,651 --> 00:37:18,319
"and just have a little fun with it.
571
00:37:18,486 --> 00:37:22,489
"You know, let's have this
Pretty Woman scene. "
572
00:37:23,491 --> 00:37:26,243
...but you couldn't possibly
afford the cars in this auction.
573
00:37:26,411 --> 00:37:30,581
Substantial lack of gaudy jewelry,
no entourage, no honeys.
574
00:37:30,749 --> 00:37:32,791
Clearly you're not a "baller."
575
00:37:33,001 --> 00:37:34,084
And you.
576
00:37:34,169 --> 00:37:36,462
It's funny,
577
00:37:36,671 --> 00:37:40,841
I think, at one point, I was thinking
of having him be very meta
578
00:37:40,925 --> 00:37:43,344
and say, "You're clearly not a rapper."
579
00:37:43,511 --> 00:37:47,348
And everybody loved it except for Ludacris.
580
00:37:48,016 --> 00:37:52,394
But I have to say, at the end of the day,
that was definitely too much.
581
00:37:52,479 --> 00:37:55,022
But please, do finish your champagne.
582
00:37:55,190 --> 00:37:58,651
This is one of the rare days
where we got sunlight in London.
583
00:37:59,444 --> 00:38:01,528
It's funny, the sun in London is so different
584
00:38:01,613 --> 00:38:05,699
that, behind Dwayne,
it almost looks like a green screen.
585
00:38:10,372 --> 00:38:13,248
All right, this is number five on our list.
586
00:38:13,333 --> 00:38:16,460
Here we have Firuz, played by Thure.
587
00:38:17,379 --> 00:38:22,841
He was in this film at Sundance that l saw,
that I really liked, and he did a great job.
588
00:38:23,385 --> 00:38:25,803
So when l knew we were going to Europe,
589
00:38:25,887 --> 00:38:30,683
he was one of the first guys I had
the casting director, Lucinda, call.
590
00:38:31,643 --> 00:38:35,688
He was great to work with and I can't wait
to do it, soon, with him again.
591
00:38:37,232 --> 00:38:39,233
He's a man.
592
00:38:39,567 --> 00:38:40,818
Let's go.
593
00:38:41,861 --> 00:38:43,570
"He's a man"?
594
00:38:44,531 --> 00:38:47,366
You know, she always says that.
595
00:38:50,787 --> 00:38:56,250
And now we have this bullet scene
with Dom and Brian.
596
00:38:58,086 --> 00:39:01,004
lt's specific to one handgun, the PSM.
597
00:39:01,089 --> 00:39:02,756
Given that handguns are illegal...
598
00:39:02,841 --> 00:39:06,343
I, personally, find it very refreshing
599
00:39:06,636 --> 00:39:11,557
that even though this franchise, at the core,
is always gonna be about Dom and Brian,
600
00:39:11,683 --> 00:39:13,600
that we are now opening it up.
601
00:39:13,685 --> 00:39:16,895
So that in this sequence, in the beginning
of second act to the middle of second act,
602
00:39:16,980 --> 00:39:18,939
we're sharing so much of the screen
with the other characters,
603
00:39:21,943 --> 00:39:23,277
l like that.
604
00:39:23,653 --> 00:39:27,656
I'm always intrigued by our other characters
605
00:39:27,782 --> 00:39:31,493
and this is finally getting to a point
where we get to really have some fun
606
00:39:31,578 --> 00:39:33,412
and let them breathe.
607
00:39:33,913 --> 00:39:36,415
Two hot girls like you
don't wander into this neighborhood
608
00:39:36,499 --> 00:39:38,542
unless I've called the escort service.
609
00:39:39,961 --> 00:39:41,628
And l haven't, yet, today.
610
00:39:42,297 --> 00:39:45,716
This is the director's cut,
so there's a little extra stuff
611
00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:48,260
that Thure had, that I really loved.
612
00:39:48,344 --> 00:39:54,141
It pained me, it took me till the very end,
I ended up taking it out just for pacing sake,
613
00:39:54,476 --> 00:39:57,936
but in this cut, I'm very happy
to see it back in.
614
00:40:00,231 --> 00:40:03,984
When they ask about doing another cut,
it's always called extended cut
615
00:40:04,110 --> 00:40:08,655
because I always feel like the theatrical cut
is my cut, it's the director's cut,
616
00:40:08,740 --> 00:40:13,660
but this is one of the rare times
where I do feel like this is the director's cut,
617
00:40:13,995 --> 00:40:16,997
as opposed to extended,
just to have more stuff,
618
00:40:17,165 --> 00:40:21,293
and it's not an issue with the studio
or anything like that.
619
00:40:21,544 --> 00:40:25,672
It was just that we really had
so much going on
620
00:40:25,798 --> 00:40:28,759
that the MPAA was having problems.
621
00:40:28,968 --> 00:40:33,222
They were really great to work with,
and we were ultimately able to get our PG-1 3.
622
00:40:33,348 --> 00:40:35,849
The theatrical cut is my cut,
623
00:40:35,975 --> 00:40:38,352
but, to be honest,
with some of the sound tweaks
624
00:40:38,478 --> 00:40:41,939
and some of the little things
that I wanted for pacing,
625
00:40:42,023 --> 00:40:46,401
I really do think that the director's cut
is a more enjoyable version.
626
00:40:47,111 --> 00:40:52,324
Not only in seeing more action
but also some of the sound design,
627
00:40:52,408 --> 00:40:55,077
it's much closer to what l want.
628
00:40:56,037 --> 00:40:59,373
l think that if the director's cut
was gonna be in theaters,
629
00:40:59,457 --> 00:41:01,375
it would've been rated R for sure.
630
00:41:01,459 --> 00:41:03,001
Because you're asking me nicely?
631
00:41:03,086 --> 00:41:05,879
What can you offer that l can't get
from a thousand other girls?
632
00:41:11,094 --> 00:41:12,177
Stop! Stop!
633
00:41:14,722 --> 00:41:21,562
As you can see here, Gina,
she has no problem manhandling anybody.
634
00:41:23,106 --> 00:41:27,526
Just seeing her flip Thure like nothing,
and she really did do it.
635
00:41:29,070 --> 00:41:32,739
It's always fun, because you can be
on set with actors sometimes,
636
00:41:32,865 --> 00:41:36,952
and you can see they're just trying
to get by, action wise,
637
00:41:37,078 --> 00:41:41,707
and with her, man, you just see her
really taking care of business.
638
00:41:45,461 --> 00:41:50,799
This is the B-side to our auction scene,
and it's great
639
00:41:52,010 --> 00:41:58,599
because it gave us the perfect way to present
these classic vehicles for our characters.
640
00:41:59,058 --> 00:42:02,561
And the fact that we needed cars
that weren't chipped,
641
00:42:03,980 --> 00:42:09,943
it was the perfect excuse
to be able to cast all these cars.
642
00:42:10,445 --> 00:42:13,864
The Daytona that Dom drives,
643
00:42:13,948 --> 00:42:15,949
this is probably the third film
I tried to put it in,
644
00:42:16,034 --> 00:42:18,035
I know it's a very popular car.
645
00:42:18,161 --> 00:42:21,246
I just never felt like it fit tonally.
646
00:42:22,123 --> 00:42:25,208
But because of the auction,
I felt like it worked perfectly,
647
00:42:25,293 --> 00:42:28,545
I was very happy,
on my last Fast and Furious film,
648
00:42:28,630 --> 00:42:30,213
to be able to put it in.
649
00:42:31,132 --> 00:42:32,799
That's it, functional.
650
00:42:36,220 --> 00:42:37,429
Okay.
651
00:42:42,226 --> 00:42:43,977
-I'll hold that.
-Thank you.
652
00:42:44,228 --> 00:42:45,771
Come on, man, time is money.
653
00:42:45,938 --> 00:42:47,022
Yes, doing my best.
654
00:42:50,151 --> 00:42:52,944
Damn, you need some hedge clippers
for that shit.
655
00:42:53,071 --> 00:42:56,823
The Hobbs and Tej scenes are...
656
00:42:57,867 --> 00:43:01,495
Sometimes you just don't know
untiI you get the actors together
657
00:43:01,579 --> 00:43:02,621
and they start playing,
658
00:43:02,705 --> 00:43:08,418
and Dwayne and Ludacris definitely
have a really great rapport,
659
00:43:08,670 --> 00:43:11,797
and to be able to see that,
660
00:43:11,881 --> 00:43:17,469
I just jumped on it and started creating
more moments for them in the film.
661
00:43:21,557 --> 00:43:22,891
This is for you.
662
00:43:23,059 --> 00:43:25,018
-And this is for you.
-Thank you.
663
00:43:25,520 --> 00:43:28,021
Good day, gentlemen. Thank you.
664
00:43:34,696 --> 00:43:38,615
l got the information in here.
665
00:43:43,162 --> 00:43:46,873
This sequence I enjoyed
and I didn't really get to talk about
666
00:43:46,958 --> 00:43:51,962
the Han and Roman in the balcony.
667
00:43:52,213 --> 00:43:55,757
I really enjoyed this location,
it's King's Cross.
668
00:43:55,883 --> 00:43:58,844
This is probably the last time
it's ever gonna look like that,
669
00:43:59,011 --> 00:44:01,263
because when we were there,
670
00:44:01,347 --> 00:44:04,433
they were already starting to build condos
and buildings and stuff like that.
671
00:44:04,559 --> 00:44:08,395
l think we're the last crew to be in there.
672
00:44:09,647 --> 00:44:11,773
That's the last time it's ever gonna
look like that.
673
00:44:12,108 --> 00:44:15,610
But I was gonna say,
the Han and Roman moment,
674
00:44:16,154 --> 00:44:20,657
were some of the best moments, for me,
most enjoyable moments,
675
00:44:20,867 --> 00:44:25,412
to see Roman and Han really evolve
and have that relationship.
676
00:44:25,621 --> 00:44:27,038
It's moments like that, that I really...
677
00:44:28,040 --> 00:44:33,128
I mean, these big action scenes are great
and they're definitely fun to shoot,
678
00:44:33,337 --> 00:44:40,093
but the hardest ones are
the Dwayne-Ludacris or Sung-Tyrese,
679
00:44:40,386 --> 00:44:43,930
these nice little moments
between characters.
680
00:44:44,056 --> 00:44:47,142
They're the hardest ones to get
681
00:44:48,144 --> 00:44:51,897
because, you know, many times
it's not in the script.
682
00:44:52,607 --> 00:44:56,318
And, as a director, I'm always trying
to, hopefully, create environments
683
00:44:56,402 --> 00:44:59,404
where we can have the opportunity
to have that.
684
00:44:59,489 --> 00:45:02,157
As soon as you have it,
you want to try to push it and grab it
685
00:45:02,241 --> 00:45:03,784
so you can capture it.
686
00:45:03,868 --> 00:45:05,452
And on this film I felt that,
687
00:45:05,536 --> 00:45:10,707
because we were able to explore
a lot more of the other characters,
688
00:45:11,918 --> 00:45:16,296
those opportunities were more present
than the other films.
689
00:45:18,049 --> 00:45:19,090
Take care, guys.
690
00:45:23,888 --> 00:45:29,518
We're about to start off
on one of my favorite sequences in the film.
691
00:45:32,313 --> 00:45:37,108
This took months and months of preparation,
692
00:45:37,485 --> 00:45:42,572
because Gina is a fighter, Michelle is not.
693
00:45:42,657 --> 00:45:46,827
I mean, she's tough,
but she's not a professional fighter,
694
00:45:46,911 --> 00:45:49,788
so it took us definitely
a few months, every day,
695
00:45:49,872 --> 00:45:53,500
for them to train and go through
the moves with Olivier, who did a great job.
696
00:46:00,591 --> 00:46:03,844
At the same time, I think as it evolved,
697
00:46:03,970 --> 00:46:06,930
I wanted to give the guys something to do,
698
00:46:07,014 --> 00:46:11,852
and, hopefully, on a subconscious level,
we're breaking tradition a little bit.
699
00:46:11,936 --> 00:46:16,273
I think having the guys...
The Roman, Han and Jah fight,
700
00:46:16,399 --> 00:46:19,442
it's a bit more comical,
it doesn't need to exist
701
00:46:19,527 --> 00:46:22,445
except the fact that this team
is being over-matched right now.
702
00:46:26,325 --> 00:46:30,871
I feel, obviously, the core of this sequence
is really about Letty.
703
00:46:32,039 --> 00:46:38,295
Again, within the theme of trust,
I think it was a crucial sequence for her,
704
00:46:38,379 --> 00:46:41,256
because she can't remember who she is,
705
00:46:42,550 --> 00:46:46,052
and all she can do is be who she is.
706
00:46:46,554 --> 00:46:47,846
Anyway, we'll get to that.
707
00:46:47,930 --> 00:46:50,056
Here we have a big reveal of Braga,
708
00:46:50,182 --> 00:46:56,271
and I know that's something that I felt
was important to tie all the films together.
709
00:46:56,731 --> 00:47:01,318
And, obviously, Gisele was
working with Braga in part four.
710
00:47:01,485 --> 00:47:04,988
And this is also
a great moment here with her,
711
00:47:05,072 --> 00:47:08,575
her focus and calm, to be able
to take this guy out in one shot.
712
00:47:09,619 --> 00:47:13,204
And, actually, that happened.
I designed that in five minutes,
713
00:47:13,289 --> 00:47:16,041
because I had this whole sequence set up
714
00:47:16,125 --> 00:47:18,919
where the motorcycles
were gonna jump the ramp.
715
00:47:19,045 --> 00:47:22,964
It was crazy, it was a great sequence,
but we were running out of time.
716
00:47:23,633 --> 00:47:27,052
And l think Gal was initially
really disappointed
717
00:47:27,136 --> 00:47:28,845
because it was one of her big moments.
718
00:47:29,013 --> 00:47:33,350
But I was running out of time
and I had to do something for the character,
719
00:47:33,434 --> 00:47:37,103
and I decided to just revamp everything
in five minutes.
720
00:47:37,229 --> 00:47:42,776
At the end of the day, I think it said
the same thing much more economically.
721
00:47:43,527 --> 00:47:45,946
I actually like it better.
722
00:47:46,072 --> 00:47:47,781
I have the other sequence stored,
723
00:47:47,865 --> 00:47:50,825
so it'll probably show up
in one of my future films.
724
00:47:52,954 --> 00:47:56,623
Again, here, with these fights,
this is all them,
725
00:47:56,916 --> 00:47:58,959
they went at it.
726
00:47:59,126 --> 00:48:02,629
On Letty's side, two and a half, three days,
727
00:48:02,922 --> 00:48:06,716
and it might be a 40-second fight
or a minute fight,
728
00:48:06,842 --> 00:48:09,719
but it was three days of them
going at it nonstop.
729
00:48:09,804 --> 00:48:12,347
It was exhausting,
and they did an amazing job.
730
00:48:14,225 --> 00:48:17,519
On the guys' side, we only had one day
731
00:48:17,687 --> 00:48:22,273
and I couldn't believe it was a three-day fight
that we had to shoot in one.
732
00:48:22,483 --> 00:48:24,275
And I remember pulling Joe aside
733
00:48:24,360 --> 00:48:27,696
and saying, "Look, it's one day,
just pace yourself."
734
00:48:28,155 --> 00:48:30,865
And he wouldn't listen to me,
he went all out every take,
735
00:48:30,950 --> 00:48:32,993
he never ran out of steam.
736
00:48:34,203 --> 00:48:39,040
It was insane shooting that, with all
the extras, and coordinating that in one day
737
00:48:39,166 --> 00:48:41,584
but the crew did an amazing job.
738
00:48:45,172 --> 00:48:50,260
Again, I was going back to this idea of Letty
and why this fight exists.
739
00:48:50,386 --> 00:48:53,263
It's probably one of the most
crucial moments for her,
740
00:48:53,597 --> 00:48:57,267
because, when we do things
in life sometimes,
741
00:48:57,351 --> 00:49:00,562
whether in sports or in fights,
742
00:49:01,063 --> 00:49:03,189
very rarely does it happen,
743
00:49:03,274 --> 00:49:07,652
but these incidents that we get into,
we find out who we really are.
744
00:49:07,737 --> 00:49:11,322
The fact that she can't remember,
and she gets into this fight
745
00:49:11,407 --> 00:49:12,949
and the way she fights,
746
00:49:13,117 --> 00:49:19,289
at the end of it, I felt it was important
for her to realize that she's a survivor.
747
00:49:19,540 --> 00:49:22,292
That even though
she might not remember anything,
748
00:49:22,418 --> 00:49:24,544
she would actually bite her way out of it,
749
00:49:24,628 --> 00:49:27,714
she would actually tackle someone
down a flight of stairs.
750
00:49:27,798 --> 00:49:30,175
She'll do whatever she has to do to survive.
751
00:49:30,259 --> 00:49:32,969
And that's a big component to her character.
752
00:49:33,054 --> 00:49:39,559
This whole fight was designed for Letty
and for her to be able to realize that.
753
00:49:55,701 --> 00:49:57,410
It was very funny
754
00:49:57,536 --> 00:49:58,828
because, I think, Tyrese...
755
00:49:58,913 --> 00:50:01,873
He always shows up
and we would do this fight,
756
00:50:01,957 --> 00:50:04,667
and he kept saying,
"God, I'm getting my ass kicked.
757
00:50:04,752 --> 00:50:07,629
"Can l get a punch in?"
And I said, "No, you're not,
758
00:50:07,755 --> 00:50:12,842
"because this whole thing is about
you and Han getting destroyed by one guy."
759
00:50:13,260 --> 00:50:14,928
And this is the third...
760
00:50:15,012 --> 00:50:18,681
There is a kick here
that's not in the theatrical cut.
761
00:50:18,766 --> 00:50:22,602
I really loved it and I think it works better
762
00:50:22,895 --> 00:50:27,190
because it actually really puts the...
763
00:50:27,274 --> 00:50:29,025
And this is the shot that I was talking about.
764
00:50:29,109 --> 00:50:31,694
About her realizing that she's a survivor.
765
00:50:31,779 --> 00:50:35,281
And l wanted to make sure that
that was in there.
766
00:50:36,534 --> 00:50:40,703
And I remember Tyrese kept saying,
"I'm getting my ass kicked all the time."
767
00:50:40,788 --> 00:50:44,624
He said it so much that this line...
768
00:50:44,708 --> 00:50:45,708
No one needs to know about this.
769
00:50:45,793 --> 00:50:47,377
"Nobody needs to know about this. No one."
770
00:50:47,503 --> 00:50:48,503
No one.
771
00:50:48,629 --> 00:50:53,174
I just walked up to him at the very end
and said, "Just go up to Han and say that."
772
00:50:53,259 --> 00:50:58,471
And it was on the spot
and I thought it turned out very well.
773
00:51:02,977 --> 00:51:05,228
We lost Ivory.
774
00:51:05,396 --> 00:51:06,980
He's gone.
775
00:51:07,648 --> 00:51:08,690
Thanks.
776
00:51:13,904 --> 00:51:14,988
That's it?
777
00:51:15,573 --> 00:51:17,240
If Ivory's dead, he made a mistake.
778
00:51:17,324 --> 00:51:20,326
So, tracking Letty's arc...
779
00:51:20,411 --> 00:51:22,203
If you make a mistake, you pay the price.
780
00:51:22,329 --> 00:51:24,873
This is where she's now
coming into her own a little bit.
781
00:51:24,957 --> 00:51:28,751
And she is questioning
some of Shaw's philosophy.
782
00:51:28,836 --> 00:51:33,715
And I think it's important because
it kind of gives her a sense that,
783
00:51:33,799 --> 00:51:37,635
even though she still does her job very well,
784
00:51:37,720 --> 00:51:40,013
something's not feeling quite right.
785
00:51:40,639 --> 00:51:43,808
And this idea of self-discovery/trust,
786
00:51:43,893 --> 00:51:46,102
this is something that
I think is very important
787
00:51:46,186 --> 00:51:49,188
and leads up to this scene
between her and Shaw,
788
00:51:49,273 --> 00:51:54,027
where it's evident that
she's now questioning a lot of the stuff,
789
00:51:54,111 --> 00:51:56,362
and Shaw's seeing that.
790
00:51:56,447 --> 00:51:58,615
He's coming in here
and he's all about efficiency
791
00:51:58,699 --> 00:52:00,617
and taking advantage of situations.
792
00:52:00,701 --> 00:52:02,660
And he's already planting the seed.
793
00:52:05,706 --> 00:52:09,459
When l found you in the hospital,
and you couldn't remember anything,
794
00:52:10,586 --> 00:52:11,753
l said to myself,
795
00:52:13,923 --> 00:52:15,965
"This girl has a gift."
796
00:52:16,550 --> 00:52:23,389
I don't know if people watching
would even clock it or anything,
797
00:52:23,474 --> 00:52:28,853
but l think this is one of those moments
where it could be played very differently.
798
00:52:28,938 --> 00:52:35,318
And it's these subtle adjustments that
l think make these scenes work
799
00:52:35,402 --> 00:52:38,780
and create layers that you might not expect.
800
00:52:38,864 --> 00:52:42,617
And having Michelle
and Luke, it was amazing.
801
00:52:42,701 --> 00:52:44,369
I think once, I told Luke saying,
802
00:52:44,453 --> 00:52:48,081
"We have to plant the seed
that you're so ahead of the game.
803
00:52:48,165 --> 00:52:52,001
"Even though it's not in the script
or anything, you're already ahead."
804
00:52:52,086 --> 00:52:55,004
This scene, the talk with Dom, everything,
805
00:52:55,089 --> 00:52:57,924
the kidnapping of Mia
is already in place starting here.
806
00:52:58,008 --> 00:53:01,844
And once he heard that and he got it,
we were able to make those adjustments.
807
00:53:01,929 --> 00:53:03,346
And it played...
808
00:53:03,430 --> 00:53:07,100
It added that eeriness for the viewer,
809
00:53:07,184 --> 00:53:11,980
even though nobody knows
exactly what's going on, but it's there.
810
00:53:19,989 --> 00:53:21,990
-What the hell happened?
-We met Dom's girlfriend.
811
00:53:22,533 --> 00:53:24,450
She's lovely.
812
00:53:24,618 --> 00:53:26,494
-Are you all right?
-Yeah.
813
00:53:26,662 --> 00:53:28,955
Tej, what have you got?
Footage, CCTV? Talk to me.
814
00:53:29,123 --> 00:53:30,623
l just went through all of it.
815
00:53:30,791 --> 00:53:33,543
Believe it or not, everywhere
Shaw's team is, the cameras are down.
816
00:53:33,627 --> 00:53:37,588
There's a few scenes in this film
817
00:53:37,673 --> 00:53:41,926
where I think when Hobbs was pitching
with the MacGuffin scene,
818
00:53:42,011 --> 00:53:44,804
and these scenes here,
819
00:53:44,888 --> 00:53:48,224
where we really had to explain
what's going on.
820
00:53:48,308 --> 00:53:52,061
It actually is great to have
all these characters
821
00:53:52,146 --> 00:53:57,442
where they're all linked somehow
with the last three films,
822
00:53:57,526 --> 00:53:59,694
Tokyo Drift, Fast & Furious and Fast Five.
823
00:53:59,778 --> 00:54:03,239
And now to have everything
kind of come together.
824
00:54:03,323 --> 00:54:08,327
It actually made these scenes much more,
I would say, fun to shoot.
825
00:54:08,412 --> 00:54:12,540
This very easily, for me, could just fall flat.
826
00:54:12,624 --> 00:54:16,627
But I think seeing all these
different reactions from different characters,
827
00:54:16,712 --> 00:54:20,089
it links everything together
from all the other films.
828
00:54:20,174 --> 00:54:22,008
He's sitting in a prison in Los Angeles.
829
00:54:22,092 --> 00:54:23,426
How do you know that?
830
00:54:25,554 --> 00:54:27,555
Brian put him there.
831
00:54:27,723 --> 00:54:29,515
All right, so this is the break
we were looking for.
832
00:54:29,683 --> 00:54:33,519
If the two of them were working together,
Braga will know what Shaw's up to.
833
00:54:33,729 --> 00:54:36,689
-I'm going to pay him a visit.
-Are you serious right now?
834
00:54:37,066 --> 00:54:39,233
Think about what you're saying.
835
00:54:39,526 --> 00:54:41,027
You're wanted, Brian.
836
00:54:41,528 --> 00:54:45,031
The moment you step foot off that plane,
it's a wrap.
837
00:54:45,532 --> 00:54:46,699
You're not coming back.
838
00:54:46,867 --> 00:54:49,202
"Coming back"?
How are you going to get in the country?
839
00:54:49,369 --> 00:54:51,245
Let me worry about that.
840
00:54:53,999 --> 00:54:58,878
To have Brian basically leave this film
and go into another film,
841
00:54:58,962 --> 00:55:02,465
it was pretty daring, I think.
842
00:55:02,549 --> 00:55:07,512
In many ways, I can see why people think,
"Wow, what's going on?
843
00:55:07,596 --> 00:55:11,099
"This character is actually leaving
the whole group to his own thread."
844
00:55:11,183 --> 00:55:14,227
But I think it is important because
845
00:55:14,311 --> 00:55:16,646
I think for Brian in this film,
846
00:55:16,730 --> 00:55:20,942
his arc of basically trusting his instinct
and becoming a father,
847
00:55:21,026 --> 00:55:22,777
becoming a patriarch,
848
00:55:22,861 --> 00:55:27,156
he needs to go back to a place
where he has to face his own demons.
849
00:55:28,492 --> 00:55:30,910
Thank you for seeing us.
l won't take up much of your time.
850
00:55:31,245 --> 00:55:34,997
Okay, this CCTV scene was, l would say,
851
00:55:35,082 --> 00:55:38,292
in the last two Fast and Furious films,
852
00:55:38,377 --> 00:55:40,962
I didn't really leave much
on the cutting room floor.
853
00:55:41,922 --> 00:55:45,258
I think we end up taking
one scene out in Fast Five
854
00:55:45,342 --> 00:55:47,677
and l think one in Fast & Furious 6.
855
00:55:47,761 --> 00:55:50,721
But this was the scene that was talked about,
856
00:55:50,806 --> 00:55:54,851
and I thought about maybe this scene
actually could've been taken out
857
00:55:54,935 --> 00:55:56,352
and nobody would miss it.
858
00:55:56,770 --> 00:56:01,607
But I felt like if we were gonna go for it,
we need to embrace what we're trying to do.
859
00:56:02,943 --> 00:56:07,780
And this scene is really about Hobbs
and how he takes care of business.
860
00:56:08,782 --> 00:56:13,035
And at the same time, I also really loved
Gina's performance in this scene.
861
00:56:13,120 --> 00:56:17,373
So at the end of the day l felt like it's worth it,
862
00:56:17,457 --> 00:56:19,625
because the scene works.
863
00:56:19,710 --> 00:56:23,337
Again, it takes its time
to explore these characters.
864
00:56:23,422 --> 00:56:28,426
That's something that a lot of times in films
of this genre you don't get.
865
00:56:30,470 --> 00:56:33,890
And I feel like we've earned our right
to be able to be a little bit indulgent,
866
00:56:33,974 --> 00:56:38,227
to be able to take a little time to spend
with the characters
867
00:56:38,312 --> 00:56:39,854
without having to always rush.
868
00:56:39,980 --> 00:56:43,232
And l also strongly suggest
that you put a hold on any more
869
00:56:43,400 --> 00:56:44,567
"maintenance."
870
00:56:44,735 --> 00:56:46,611
Yeah, of course.
871
00:56:46,945 --> 00:56:49,071
We appreciate your help.
Thank you so much.
872
00:56:58,123 --> 00:57:02,919
And so, this is probably one of the threads
and I'm sure people watch it,
873
00:57:03,003 --> 00:57:07,048
and some of the reaction would be like,
"Wow, he's going back to LA.
874
00:57:07,132 --> 00:57:08,674
"How is he getting back to LA?"
875
00:57:10,010 --> 00:57:14,388
And of course, it's Stasiak. Great actor.
876
00:57:15,349 --> 00:57:16,641
I always enjoy working with him.
877
00:57:16,725 --> 00:57:19,518
So, it was great making that call to say,
"Hey, can you come and play with us?"
878
00:57:19,603 --> 00:57:23,898
He was actually there with us in London
on the very first day of shoot,
879
00:57:23,982 --> 00:57:26,317
and this was our last day of shoot.
880
00:57:27,694 --> 00:57:34,283
But he's kind of the DNA of Fast and Furious
with Shea and John Ortiz.
881
00:57:34,368 --> 00:57:39,205
And actually for me, it was always a lot of fun
watching Silver Linings Playbook
882
00:57:39,289 --> 00:57:42,041
and seeing both of them in that film.
883
00:57:43,502 --> 00:57:44,961
You're an asshole, you know that?
884
00:57:49,883 --> 00:57:52,677
l missed you, too, man. l really missed you.
885
00:57:53,095 --> 00:57:58,641
Believe me, I think this conceit of being
somehow worked on
886
00:57:58,725 --> 00:58:02,436
and Stasiak bringing him to LA
and then putting him into a prison
887
00:58:02,521 --> 00:58:04,563
which is supposed to be max.
888
00:58:05,941 --> 00:58:07,275
lt's insane.
889
00:58:09,069 --> 00:58:13,155
I think in the construct of it, I can see that
890
00:58:13,240 --> 00:58:17,994
but l felt like it was worth it.
It was worth taking this route.
891
00:58:18,954 --> 00:58:21,372
Because again, I wanted to separate Brian
892
00:58:21,456 --> 00:58:24,834
from the rest of the crew,
the rest of the characters,
893
00:58:24,918 --> 00:58:28,337
and have him face his demons
and fight his way out.
894
00:58:28,422 --> 00:58:31,841
And to do that, I didn't want
any other character around.
895
00:58:31,925 --> 00:58:33,050
l wanted it to be him
896
00:58:33,135 --> 00:58:38,723
because the guilt that he felt with Fast Four,
he was the one that...
897
00:58:39,266 --> 00:58:43,686
Here, we have the call back
to the Fast Four Stasiak hit.
898
00:58:43,770 --> 00:58:48,190
But I really did want Brian to...
That guilt, he was running Letty,
899
00:58:48,275 --> 00:58:51,569
so when Letty died, he feels responsible.
900
00:58:51,653 --> 00:58:56,574
And for him to go
and face his demons, you know, Braga,
901
00:58:56,825 --> 00:58:59,368
l felt like it was worth it to do that.
902
00:59:00,787 --> 00:59:03,205
Big Brother's about to go live.
903
00:59:03,874 --> 00:59:07,043
And here, with the CCTV, it is true.
904
00:59:07,127 --> 00:59:10,546
If anybody's been to London,
there's cameras everywhere,
905
00:59:10,630 --> 00:59:11,964
and they cover everything.
906
00:59:14,968 --> 00:59:18,971
And here, of course, we have the setup
for the harpoon gun.
907
00:59:21,099 --> 00:59:22,141
What does that mean?
908
00:59:22,267 --> 00:59:24,226
That's what they use to anchor buildings
and hold up bridges,
909
00:59:24,394 --> 00:59:26,395
stuff you know nothing about!
910
00:59:26,480 --> 00:59:28,356
l liked how this scene turned out.
911
00:59:28,440 --> 00:59:31,108
It was fun and it kept moving.
912
00:59:32,152 --> 00:59:35,988
But really, this is just a setup
for the plane sequence.
913
00:59:37,324 --> 00:59:41,535
And you might think, "Well, is it
too convenient to have this, to have that..."
914
00:59:41,995 --> 00:59:44,163
I think, if you actually trace everything,
it actually does all work out,
915
00:59:45,707 --> 00:59:48,959
because Firuz is playing
with the harpoon gun
916
00:59:49,044 --> 00:59:51,504
that they were working on, on Shaw's side.
917
00:59:51,880 --> 00:59:53,255
And so, our guys are going to react.
918
00:59:53,340 --> 00:59:56,592
I actually had a lot more scenes written
about the back and forth
919
00:59:56,676 --> 00:59:59,303
and the design of the weapons and stuff.
920
00:59:59,554 --> 01:00:03,015
But at the end of the day, I felt like
it was just going to drag everything down.
921
01:00:03,100 --> 01:00:05,309
So, l just kind of slimmed it up.
922
01:00:13,443 --> 01:00:17,947
And now we're here with Brian,
obviously with the paper airplane.
923
01:00:18,198 --> 01:00:19,323
A call back to his son.
924
01:00:22,369 --> 01:00:25,913
And now, he's about to basically
find the truth,
925
01:00:25,997 --> 01:00:31,502
or at least for him, digging and facing
his guilt and everything that he feels.
926
01:00:32,379 --> 01:00:34,547
And this is something that...
927
01:00:34,631 --> 01:00:39,301
I thought he did a really good job
back in the scene with Dom on Canary Island.
928
01:00:39,386 --> 01:00:44,181
Because he has to, in a way,
between Fast Four and Fast Five,
929
01:00:44,266 --> 01:00:46,976
he has to accept the fact that Letty is dead.
930
01:00:47,060 --> 01:00:49,854
The fact that she's alive,
931
01:00:49,938 --> 01:00:54,316
I think he feels very personally responsible
for everything that's happened.
932
01:00:54,401 --> 01:00:58,237
And now, he's gonna find out
what exactly happened.
933
01:00:58,822 --> 01:01:00,865
You put a lot of these men in here.
934
01:01:01,324 --> 01:01:04,160
What? You didn't think
one would recognize you?
935
01:01:04,578 --> 01:01:09,039
And this Braga thread that links with Shaw,
936
01:01:09,124 --> 01:01:11,292
it's something that a lot of people ask,
937
01:01:11,376 --> 01:01:16,505
"Well, how much in advance did you know
all of these things?"
938
01:01:17,507 --> 01:01:21,260
In Tokyo Drift,
I remember going and talking to Vin,
939
01:01:21,344 --> 01:01:23,512
and trying to convince him to do the cameo.
940
01:01:23,597 --> 01:01:27,474
I thought that was one of the most
important steps of this franchise,
941
01:01:27,559 --> 01:01:31,854
because Tokyo Drift was about
trying to change the sensibility
942
01:01:31,938 --> 01:01:33,314
of what Fast and Furious is.
943
01:01:33,398 --> 01:01:36,609
And I felt like if I could go to him
and convince him
944
01:01:36,693 --> 01:01:39,862
what I was trying to do,
and he would say, "Yes,"
945
01:01:39,946 --> 01:01:43,824
that would mean a lot because it would
mean we were going on the right direction.
946
01:01:43,909 --> 01:01:48,078
Because Toretto is everything for him,
he's always gonna be Iinked with Dom.
947
01:01:48,163 --> 01:01:52,708
And so for Vin to be able to be convinced
and say, "Okay, let's go on this journey,"
948
01:01:52,792 --> 01:01:55,669
that was one of the most crucial points.
949
01:01:55,754 --> 01:01:59,882
And so I remember in 2005,
standing there at Vin's house by his pool,
950
01:01:59,966 --> 01:02:05,512
just talking for hours about the mythology,
the connection between Dom and Han,
951
01:02:05,597 --> 01:02:09,183
and in essence, Brian, and all these things.
952
01:02:09,267 --> 01:02:12,728
It's amazing sitting here, watching this film,
953
01:02:12,812 --> 01:02:17,942
and how much of that
was being talked about in 2005.
954
01:02:18,944 --> 01:02:21,362
I wouldn't say all the details,
955
01:02:21,446 --> 01:02:25,407
but a lot of the main stroke relationship stuff
was talked about.
956
01:02:25,492 --> 01:02:28,953
So, it's amazing to be able
to see it come to life
957
01:02:29,037 --> 01:02:31,705
and know that it's all been realized.
958
01:02:32,791 --> 01:02:35,417
The minute you put Letty undercover,
she was dead, bro.
959
01:02:37,712 --> 01:02:42,508
And here you see actually
what happened with Letty and Fenix.
960
01:02:42,842 --> 01:02:46,262
And I remember on the day
we had a whole discussion,
961
01:02:46,346 --> 01:02:49,765
"Is Letty gonna have the jacket
or not have the jacket?"
962
01:02:49,849 --> 01:02:52,101
And I felt like,
"Yeah, she should have the jacket."
963
01:02:52,185 --> 01:02:53,602
Because that's what she was wearing.
964
01:02:53,687 --> 01:02:57,189
And what you see in Fast & Furious,
965
01:02:57,274 --> 01:02:59,233
that's actually through Dom's interpretation,
966
01:02:59,317 --> 01:03:02,444
we actually never saw Letty dead.
We don't know what happened.
967
01:03:02,529 --> 01:03:04,238
And this is the reality.
968
01:03:14,040 --> 01:03:15,499
But she survived.
969
01:03:15,750 --> 01:03:17,459
That girl is one tough bitch.
970
01:03:17,836 --> 01:03:24,216
So, it's these little nuggets
and in-depth conversations with Valeria...
971
01:03:24,301 --> 01:03:29,305
And l know l threw her under the bus
a couple of times in this film,
972
01:03:29,389 --> 01:03:33,726
but it was for the sake of believability.
I wanted imperfections.
973
01:03:33,810 --> 01:03:35,769
I'll point that out later.
974
01:03:40,817 --> 01:03:42,901
What happened to Letty is on your head.
975
01:03:42,986 --> 01:03:43,986
This was pretty taxing.
976
01:03:44,279 --> 01:03:47,489
It was the actors doing all the fights.
977
01:03:47,574 --> 01:03:51,035
And Paul going at it for two straight days
978
01:03:51,119 --> 01:03:54,997
of just all the coverage
and all the different angles.
979
01:03:57,584 --> 01:04:01,587
But he loves this
and he is, in a way, built for this.
980
01:04:01,671 --> 01:04:06,341
And this scene actually sounds much better
on the director's cut.
981
01:04:06,426 --> 01:04:08,510
This is an example of,
982
01:04:08,595 --> 01:04:10,846
with the MPAA,
983
01:04:10,930 --> 01:04:13,766
where sometimes it's not even the cut,
it's the sound itself.
984
01:04:13,850 --> 01:04:15,517
And when they feel like it's too violent,
985
01:04:15,602 --> 01:04:18,479
and I don't know where the line is,
986
01:04:18,563 --> 01:04:20,355
but it is just something
that they'll come back with
987
01:04:20,440 --> 01:04:22,483
and you have to keep working with them.
988
01:04:22,567 --> 01:04:26,028
But I can say, in this cut,
989
01:04:26,112 --> 01:04:28,989
this sound is exactly the way
l wanted it to sound like.
990
01:04:29,074 --> 01:04:31,700
And l think it's much more effective.
991
01:04:31,785 --> 01:04:33,535
You won't do it.
992
01:04:35,288 --> 01:04:36,789
What is Shaw up to?
993
01:04:37,248 --> 01:04:39,875
A lot of people watch this and they think that
994
01:04:39,959 --> 01:04:44,171
maybe Brian didn't get anything,
but he does.
995
01:04:44,255 --> 01:04:47,549
He actually gets a lot,
and we can talk about that later.
996
01:04:47,634 --> 01:04:50,803
But this stuff right here...
997
01:04:54,015 --> 01:04:55,724
Braga's basically giving up
the whole Riley reveal
998
01:04:55,809 --> 01:04:57,476
if you really think about it.
999
01:05:02,565 --> 01:05:09,404
We're coming up to my final
car and hot chicks sequence.
1000
01:05:09,489 --> 01:05:11,406
Thank God.
1001
01:05:12,534 --> 01:05:15,577
I wanted to go out on top and this is all I got.
1002
01:05:16,412 --> 01:05:19,957
I hate shooting these scenes.
They're miserable.
1003
01:05:20,041 --> 01:05:23,585
l have hundreds of extras.
They barely have any clothes on.
1004
01:05:23,670 --> 01:05:25,712
It's at night. It's freezing.
1005
01:05:25,797 --> 01:05:29,716
And I'm trying to coordinate
and make everything work.
1006
01:05:29,801 --> 01:05:32,136
But they were troupers.
1007
01:05:32,220 --> 01:05:35,556
You see 'em with this
and it's freezing outside.
1008
01:05:35,640 --> 01:05:38,725
And when you call cut,
everybody is putting on these blankets.
1009
01:05:38,810 --> 01:05:42,312
And so, for this to work...
1010
01:05:43,022 --> 01:05:45,524
I'm so glad I never have to do this again.
1011
01:05:46,192 --> 01:05:51,446
Again, this is another sequence
where I was asking for a circular building.
1012
01:05:51,531 --> 01:05:54,366
I had it in my mind.
I wanted to design it a certain way.
1013
01:05:54,450 --> 01:05:56,869
And we found it.
1014
01:05:56,953 --> 01:05:59,621
It was pretty much exactly the way I wanted.
1015
01:06:00,206 --> 01:06:02,249
The funny thing is, is that this courtyard
1016
01:06:02,333 --> 01:06:05,794
is actually about 50 yards
from 10 Downing Street,
1017
01:06:05,879 --> 01:06:08,422
which is the equivalent of the White House.
1018
01:06:08,506 --> 01:06:09,965
It was a Treasury building.
1019
01:06:10,049 --> 01:06:12,801
And for them to shut it down,
and for us to be in there,
1020
01:06:12,886 --> 01:06:17,890
shooting with all the cars
and hot-looking people.
1021
01:06:18,057 --> 01:06:21,393
It still blows my mind
that they would actually let us do that.
1022
01:06:32,238 --> 01:06:37,993
We're coming up with the second part
of Letty's self-discovery.
1023
01:06:38,077 --> 01:06:41,330
And this is about Dom really testing her
and saying,
1024
01:06:41,414 --> 01:06:46,668
"Look, you might not remember,
but I'm going to help you feel things
1025
01:06:46,753 --> 01:06:49,963
"that you might not remember,
but feel familiar."
1026
01:06:50,048 --> 01:06:52,507
And it's always a challenge
1027
01:06:52,592 --> 01:06:56,428
because l know we wanna have races
in these films,
1028
01:06:56,512 --> 01:06:59,431
and to give it more meaning
is always the challenge.
1029
01:06:59,807 --> 01:07:03,393
I just felt like, again,
not to waste any sequence.
1030
01:07:03,478 --> 01:07:05,354
You know, "Let's put it in character."
1031
01:07:05,438 --> 01:07:07,439
Ride or die, remember?
1032
01:07:12,612 --> 01:07:15,447
And Rita Ora here. lt's funny.
You see her standing there?
1033
01:07:15,531 --> 01:07:16,907
She's actually not there.
1034
01:07:16,991 --> 01:07:20,494
We actually shot the sequence and then
Vin came up to me one day and said,
1035
01:07:20,578 --> 01:07:24,373
"l met Rita Ora.
She's awesome, and she feels like London."
1036
01:07:24,457 --> 01:07:27,709
And I met with her and I thought,
"Man, Vin's right."
1037
01:07:27,794 --> 01:07:33,715
And so, l had the insert unit at Shepperton
basically set up with a crane and two cars.
1038
01:07:33,800 --> 01:07:38,095
And we shot this in a couple of hours
in the rain, no less.
1039
01:07:38,179 --> 01:07:41,306
And it all cut in together really well.
1040
01:07:49,691 --> 01:07:51,817
This race is not really a...
1041
01:07:51,901 --> 01:07:53,151
Superficially, it's a race.
1042
01:07:53,236 --> 01:07:57,656
But it's really, again, this idea of Dom
1043
01:07:57,740 --> 01:08:00,909
showing Letty a little bit of who she is.
1044
01:08:07,458 --> 01:08:11,670
I thought it was great because we actually
did shoot in London in these sequences.
1045
01:08:11,754 --> 01:08:13,797
And we couldn't be there a long time.
1046
01:08:13,881 --> 01:08:15,841
And like, Piccadilly Circus...
1047
01:08:15,925 --> 01:08:18,635
We're only the third film...
1048
01:08:18,720 --> 01:08:22,389
There's my son,
who makes his second cameo.
1049
01:08:22,473 --> 01:08:28,812
And again, Piccadilly Circus,
we were there all night.
1050
01:08:28,896 --> 01:08:33,859
And they couldn't shut it down fully.
So we had about seven-minute windows
1051
01:08:33,943 --> 01:08:37,946
to kind of get the cars through,
shut it down for regular traffic.
1052
01:08:38,031 --> 01:08:41,116
And we did that all night and
we shut down for another 30, 40 minutes
1053
01:08:41,200 --> 01:08:42,534
waiting for the next window.
1054
01:08:43,494 --> 01:08:46,788
But I think challenges like that come
with the territory.
1055
01:08:46,873 --> 01:08:50,000
I think when we want to shoot in big cities
1056
01:08:50,084 --> 01:08:52,627
that are just iconic and stylized,
1057
01:08:54,297 --> 01:08:55,964
you're always going to
run into problems like that.
1058
01:08:56,049 --> 01:09:01,470
And I think with the right crew
and the right strategy, it can be done.
1059
01:09:01,554 --> 01:09:05,349
And I'm very proud of this sequence,
with everything,
1060
01:09:05,433 --> 01:09:08,018
and just getting everything together.
1061
01:09:14,400 --> 01:09:15,609
One of the shots here coming up,
1062
01:09:15,693 --> 01:09:19,112
l remember talking to Andy and Spiro,
coming up right here,
1063
01:09:19,197 --> 01:09:20,530
this shot right there.
1064
01:09:20,615 --> 01:09:25,827
I wanted the Daytona to do the 1 80
and go forward all at one shot.
1065
01:09:25,912 --> 01:09:29,373
And I really challenged and pushed them
and they did it.
1066
01:09:29,457 --> 01:09:33,168
And those are the little moments,
like the extra little twelve frames
1067
01:09:33,252 --> 01:09:36,254
that I, personally,
find it makes a huge difference
1068
01:09:36,339 --> 01:09:37,839
in the feel of the movie.
1069
01:09:46,766 --> 01:09:49,518
As you can see,
this is a much darker sequence.
1070
01:09:49,602 --> 01:09:51,686
We didn't really do a lot of lighting.
1071
01:09:52,313 --> 01:09:55,148
I felt like it actually was a great look
and l wanted that
1072
01:09:55,233 --> 01:09:59,694
because part of the growth and evolution
of these characters and the maturity of it,
1073
01:09:59,779 --> 01:10:02,823
I wanted the style and the visual
to reflect that.
1074
01:10:02,907 --> 01:10:06,535
And l think in earlier Fasts,
I think the first couple of days,
1075
01:10:06,619 --> 01:10:09,830
it was lit very bright, which I think it worked.
1076
01:10:09,914 --> 01:10:13,250
But I think as Dom and Letty,
as they're growing and maturing,
1077
01:10:13,334 --> 01:10:17,129
I wanted the film language to reflect that.
1078
01:10:28,433 --> 01:10:30,016
This sequence here,
1079
01:10:30,101 --> 01:10:34,521
this scene between Dom and Letty
is the heart of the film.
1080
01:10:35,606 --> 01:10:38,567
If this scene doesn't work,
the film doesn't work.
1081
01:10:40,611 --> 01:10:44,239
It took us a couple of days on this location.
And it's funny.
1082
01:10:44,323 --> 01:10:47,200
It's a huge location. Huge location.
1083
01:10:47,285 --> 01:10:49,411
And for much of the two days,
1084
01:10:49,495 --> 01:10:54,624
we were actually just shooting around
the close-up of Vin and Michelle.
1085
01:10:54,709 --> 01:10:56,585
And it's just funny seeing this huge crew
1086
01:10:56,669 --> 01:11:02,632
and basically shooting in a five-yard radius.
1087
01:11:02,717 --> 01:11:05,218
You never could resist American muscle.
1088
01:11:09,307 --> 01:11:10,640
Nice scar.
1089
01:11:15,897 --> 01:11:17,939
You never could keep yourself
out of trouble, either.
1090
01:11:18,024 --> 01:11:20,650
Chris Wagner, who cut this scene,
1091
01:11:20,735 --> 01:11:24,571
this is one of the scenes where, basically,
I think when I saw the first cut,
1092
01:11:24,655 --> 01:11:27,282
we made two adjustments to it.
1093
01:11:27,366 --> 01:11:30,452
And it's one of those great moments,
1094
01:11:30,536 --> 01:11:31,953
I feel like, as a director,
1095
01:11:32,038 --> 01:11:36,458
when I'm able to find people
that work together,
1096
01:11:36,542 --> 01:11:40,795
and we really do kind of develop
this sixth sense,
1097
01:11:40,880 --> 01:11:43,423
being able to kind of read each other's mind.
1098
01:11:43,508 --> 01:11:48,803
And for this scene to be able
to cut together that quickly,
1099
01:11:48,888 --> 01:11:52,432
it just means that we definitely have grown.
1100
01:11:52,517 --> 01:11:57,145
And it was also great to be able to see
this scene cut together very early on
1101
01:11:57,230 --> 01:12:00,148
because I knew we had the goods
at that point.
1102
01:12:00,233 --> 01:12:01,608
No.
1103
01:12:02,276 --> 01:12:04,444
l was the kid showing off.
1104
01:12:07,615 --> 01:12:08,949
And here...
1105
01:12:15,498 --> 01:12:17,290
Boyle Heights.
1106
01:12:18,292 --> 01:12:22,420
You were fleeing with my little sister Mia
and got trapped in a corner.
1107
01:12:23,422 --> 01:12:25,840
And you thought it was a good idea
1108
01:12:26,008 --> 01:12:29,719
to ride your Torino Cobra
through a retaining wall.
1109
01:12:32,348 --> 01:12:34,474
All right, how about this one?
1110
01:12:34,559 --> 01:12:38,270
Yeah, Vin and Michelle,
they're really in the moment there.
1111
01:12:38,354 --> 01:12:42,732
Sometimes with actors, they try
to pace themselves out with coverage.
1112
01:12:42,817 --> 01:12:47,028
And l told both of them that
the way I designed this scene,
1113
01:12:47,113 --> 01:12:50,156
they were not going to be able to take
any split second off.
1114
01:12:50,241 --> 01:12:53,118
They had to be in the moment.
Both of them, at all times.
1115
01:12:53,703 --> 01:12:55,620
l followed you.
1116
01:12:56,163 --> 01:12:58,498
I purposely designed it that way,
1117
01:12:58,583 --> 01:13:02,043
so that you can genuinely be
in there with them.
1118
01:13:02,128 --> 01:13:03,670
Even on the close-ups,
1119
01:13:03,754 --> 01:13:08,508
so that you never feel
even subconsciously cheated.
1120
01:13:08,634 --> 01:13:12,345
The camera is always gonna
see them together.
1121
01:13:16,309 --> 01:13:18,393
I'm here for you.
1122
01:13:22,648 --> 01:13:24,691
That girl you remember,
1123
01:13:26,527 --> 01:13:28,194
it's not me.
1124
01:13:29,822 --> 01:13:32,490
Not from what l just saw.
1125
01:13:34,660 --> 01:13:36,328
Like it or not,
1126
01:13:38,497 --> 01:13:40,165
you're still the same girl.
1127
01:13:43,377 --> 01:13:45,670
l saw it out there.
1128
01:13:47,340 --> 01:13:49,507
l see it right now.
1129
01:13:52,345 --> 01:13:53,386
l got to go.
1130
01:13:55,681 --> 01:13:57,515
Hey.
1131
01:14:02,897 --> 01:14:04,272
This cross.
1132
01:14:06,859 --> 01:14:08,652
It belongs to you.
1133
01:14:08,736 --> 01:14:14,783
I'll admit this cross was something
that started in the fourth one.
1134
01:14:14,867 --> 01:14:19,412
l know Vin or Michelle had worn it
in the first Fast and Furious.
1135
01:14:19,497 --> 01:14:21,665
Vin did in the first Fast and Furious.
1136
01:14:21,749 --> 01:14:26,294
And it was through a conversation with Vin
on Four early on
1137
01:14:26,379 --> 01:14:31,216
that we decided that was gonna be
a symbol for Dom.
1138
01:14:31,300 --> 01:14:34,803
And it's amazing to see
how that cross has survived
1139
01:14:34,887 --> 01:14:40,558
explosions in tunnels and everything
and how it's living on.
1140
01:14:44,063 --> 01:14:45,772
There she goes,
1141
01:14:45,940 --> 01:14:47,399
leaving you again.
1142
01:14:47,900 --> 01:14:52,404
And this Dom and Shaw scene...
1143
01:14:52,571 --> 01:14:54,614
You want bloody? We could do bloody.
1144
01:14:55,116 --> 01:14:59,911
It was probably
one of the scariest scenes to shoot
1145
01:14:59,995 --> 01:15:04,749
because there really wasn't much on page.
1146
01:15:05,084 --> 01:15:09,337
And Vin was very skeptical.
1147
01:15:10,756 --> 01:15:14,718
We had talked about it,
but until you start getting on the set
1148
01:15:14,802 --> 01:15:18,012
and start really playing with it,
1149
01:15:18,097 --> 01:15:20,515
you just didn't know what you had.
1150
01:15:20,599 --> 01:15:24,769
I think I understood, everybody understood
what we needed to accomplish.
1151
01:15:24,854 --> 01:15:29,441
But it's the delicate balance of
1152
01:15:29,608 --> 01:15:33,445
how are these characters gonna
handle the confrontation.
1153
01:15:33,529 --> 01:15:38,992
And I think for me,
it was to make sure that Vin understands
1154
01:15:39,076 --> 01:15:41,619
it's not about the word count.
1155
01:15:41,746 --> 01:15:46,666
It's not about trying to puff up
and show Shaw how great you are.
1156
01:15:46,751 --> 01:15:49,544
It's actually trying to be
very genuine and sincere,
1157
01:15:49,628 --> 01:15:53,715
and to listen to everything
that Shaw is saying.
1158
01:15:53,924 --> 01:15:57,969
And l think it was like a two-hour
conversation l had with Vin on set
1159
01:15:58,053 --> 01:16:01,306
and I remember looking at Luke and saying,
"You come at him."
1160
01:16:01,807 --> 01:16:04,768
And Luke got it right away and so...
1161
01:16:06,145 --> 01:16:09,856
There was a point at that night
where I think the crew was feeling like,
1162
01:16:09,940 --> 01:16:13,151
"Oh, my God.
We're not gonna make the schedule."
1163
01:16:14,153 --> 01:16:18,990
But then as soon as Luke
just got into the mode of attack
1164
01:16:21,243 --> 01:16:24,162
I think Vin started feeling, understanding...
1165
01:16:26,165 --> 01:16:29,501
It was one of those things
that it had to be done in that way.
1166
01:16:30,002 --> 01:16:35,298
I honestly don't know if we did it
any other way it would be any better.
1167
01:16:37,718 --> 01:16:38,927
Most men don't.
1168
01:16:39,011 --> 01:16:41,346
It came together in a very organic way,
1169
01:16:41,430 --> 01:16:43,932
even though it was stressful
and it was a little scary,
1170
01:16:44,016 --> 01:16:49,437
but I think a lot of times on set,
I think now that we know each other so well,
1171
01:16:49,522 --> 01:16:52,190
you know, I know Vin so well,
we have so much trust,
1172
01:16:52,274 --> 01:16:57,529
I don't mind him pushing back
as long as he has very valid concerns.
1173
01:16:57,863 --> 01:17:02,826
And l think the fact that we didn't
actually have it on page,
1174
01:17:02,910 --> 01:17:05,036
and we were growing it and evolving it.
1175
01:17:05,120 --> 01:17:09,582
It had to be done that way, because I felt like
what was on the page didn't work either.
1176
01:17:09,667 --> 01:17:12,377
l walk away when she walks away.
1177
01:17:13,921 --> 01:17:15,213
Well, then,
1178
01:17:17,258 --> 01:17:20,218
it appears this inspiring tale
has come to an end.
1179
01:17:28,269 --> 01:17:29,936
If that's the way it has to go.
1180
01:17:37,069 --> 01:17:39,070
Let me guess...
1181
01:17:40,406 --> 01:17:41,406
Hobbs.
1182
01:17:45,870 --> 01:17:49,914
That gun that Dwayne is carrying is so heavy.
1183
01:17:57,464 --> 01:17:59,132
See you around, Toretto.
1184
01:17:59,300 --> 01:18:00,800
You can bet on it.
1185
01:18:07,057 --> 01:18:12,270
The example of never giving in
and always push for every inch.
1186
01:18:12,563 --> 01:18:16,608
This moment here, I think on the script
this is more of a logistical thing, right?
1187
01:18:17,067 --> 01:18:20,445
Hobbs calling Riley and that's it.
1188
01:18:20,946 --> 01:18:22,363
And they have the trackerjoke.
1189
01:18:22,448 --> 01:18:25,783
You know what would have happened
if l didn't put that tracker in your car?
1190
01:18:26,201 --> 01:18:28,244
But I felt like it was important...
1191
01:18:28,954 --> 01:18:34,000
This is one of the big moments of connection
for Dom and Hobbs of respect,
1192
01:18:34,084 --> 01:18:36,294
and for him to say this line...
1193
01:18:36,378 --> 01:18:40,715
And I threw that in pretty late in the game
because I felt like it was worth trying.
1194
01:18:40,799 --> 01:18:42,467
And when we were on set and we did that,
1195
01:18:42,551 --> 01:18:46,346
you can see the
performances of respect between them
1196
01:18:46,430 --> 01:18:51,017
and we shot that kind of
middle of the schedule.
1197
01:18:51,101 --> 01:18:56,606
It became kind of an anchor for a lot of the
Dom-Hobbs moments for the rest of the film.
1198
01:19:02,196 --> 01:19:04,030
This better have been worth it.
1199
01:19:04,531 --> 01:19:06,491
More than you'll ever know.
1200
01:19:21,840 --> 01:19:24,676
Again, we're back in Shaw's hideout
1201
01:19:24,760 --> 01:19:29,681
and Letty again investigating,
finding out a little bit more about herself.
1202
01:19:33,394 --> 01:19:35,395
You know, we have this cross where,
1203
01:19:35,688 --> 01:19:40,358
I think it was until really the draft
before it went into production,
1204
01:19:42,861 --> 01:19:47,323
l wasn't sure if she should
give the cross to Shaw.
1205
01:19:48,200 --> 01:19:52,620
But I remember doing
our first rehearsal and seeing it done,
1206
01:19:52,705 --> 01:19:56,082
I thought,
"She has to give that to Shaw," you know.
1207
01:19:56,166 --> 01:19:57,709
That's part of her...
1208
01:19:58,127 --> 01:20:02,338
Where she is right now is that she might
understand cerebrally
1209
01:20:02,756 --> 01:20:07,593
the significance of the cross,
but emotionally she has no connection.
1210
01:20:14,518 --> 01:20:17,228
I'm going to ask you a question, Letty,
1211
01:20:18,105 --> 01:20:19,856
and l want you to think very hard
before you answer.
1212
01:20:19,940 --> 01:20:24,318
And it's funny because, there was a leak
on the Internet on Ain't It Cool
1213
01:20:24,403 --> 01:20:27,530
about this Jason Statham reveal
1214
01:20:27,614 --> 01:20:32,452
and if you read that leak it actually says,
1215
01:20:32,911 --> 01:20:34,996
Shaw tosses the dog tag.
1216
01:20:35,581 --> 01:20:40,460
So, l know the leak actually came from
a script, it's not coming from a screener.
1217
01:20:41,587 --> 01:20:45,465
And in that script,
she still hadn't given the cross,
1218
01:20:45,549 --> 01:20:46,924
handed the cross over to Shaw.
1219
01:20:48,260 --> 01:20:49,802
l kinda know who leaked it.
1220
01:20:50,012 --> 01:20:54,766
And I know it was from script form
and not from the screener.
1221
01:21:00,939 --> 01:21:02,940
Tej, talk to me, what have we got?
1222
01:21:04,234 --> 01:21:08,905
I have to be honest,
I think this sequence from here
1223
01:21:09,490 --> 01:21:13,284
until the tank sequence is just bullshit.
It's boring. It sucks.
1224
01:21:13,952 --> 01:21:17,080
Not because of the actors,
everything was great, it looks great.
1225
01:21:17,581 --> 01:21:19,624
This is where MacGuffins take over
1226
01:21:19,708 --> 01:21:24,170
and l think this was kind of
in a way a bit of a...
1227
01:21:25,798 --> 01:21:29,217
As a filmmaker, I feel
like I can always get better.
1228
01:21:29,301 --> 01:21:32,804
This is tough because...
1229
01:21:32,888 --> 01:21:35,723
The end of second act, you know,
a lot of this stuff,
1230
01:21:35,808 --> 01:21:37,683
even though I knew
where the movie was going,
1231
01:21:37,768 --> 01:21:39,602
I knew thematically where everything is,
1232
01:21:39,895 --> 01:21:42,647
a lot of the script was not there.
1233
01:21:42,731 --> 01:21:46,567
So some of these scenes,
I was still writing while we were editing,
1234
01:21:46,652 --> 01:21:49,821
because they were not shot, it didn't exist.
1235
01:21:49,905 --> 01:21:53,282
And part of the challenge is that
1236
01:21:53,450 --> 01:21:58,371
it's very much not about what our
characters are going after, but what they...
1237
01:21:58,455 --> 01:22:03,960
This is just to service the plot points
to get 'em to where we need to get 'em to.
1238
01:22:04,586 --> 01:22:07,922
So, l mean, l definitely have
a good time watching it
1239
01:22:08,006 --> 01:22:11,259
and you see the characters and stuff,
1240
01:22:12,302 --> 01:22:14,971
but I felt like with a little more time,
1241
01:22:15,055 --> 01:22:18,850
I probably would have been able
to tighten it a little bit more.
1242
01:22:24,940 --> 01:22:26,440
Let's go, guys.
1243
01:22:28,193 --> 01:22:32,363
Shaw, everyone is in place.
All things moving according to plan.
1244
01:22:35,534 --> 01:22:37,535
Good. Send him in.
1245
01:22:38,996 --> 01:22:44,375
The Samoan Thor is funny because
I actually threw that in the very last minute.
1246
01:22:44,751 --> 01:22:48,045
I've seen so many people
talking about it and...
1247
01:22:48,130 --> 01:22:51,924
Yeah, it was kind of, for me,
it was kind of the rule of three.
1248
01:22:52,009 --> 01:22:57,722
I think we started off with The Hulk,
and then we went to Captain America
1249
01:22:57,806 --> 01:23:00,892
and I wanted to give it
the comedy rule of three.
1250
01:23:02,394 --> 01:23:04,729
l guaran-damn-tee you
one of them is gonna match.
1251
01:23:04,855 --> 01:23:07,315
Yeah, so, I mean, it's not too much,
1252
01:23:07,399 --> 01:23:11,485
but it's just a couple of scenes
that I think could have been tighter.
1253
01:23:11,570 --> 01:23:12,987
That means he's got
an eight-hour lead on us.
1254
01:23:13,155 --> 01:23:15,323
We gotta move now. Tej, give me that info.
1255
01:23:15,657 --> 01:23:17,825
Riley and l will go ahead
and we're going to lock down the base.
1256
01:23:17,993 --> 01:23:20,119
We're going to protect
that component personally.
1257
01:23:20,287 --> 01:23:22,997
Toretto, I'll arrange transportation
for you and your cars.
1258
01:23:23,165 --> 01:23:26,959
You brush up on your Spanish, boys.
I'll see you en EspaƱa.
1259
01:23:45,437 --> 01:23:47,980
Here, we have Brian coming back.
1260
01:23:49,483 --> 01:23:51,651
You son of a bitch! You made it!
1261
01:23:51,735 --> 01:23:54,445
I know that people have talked about it.
1262
01:23:55,030 --> 01:23:59,367
A lot of people are saying, "Well, he didn't
come out with any information at all.
1263
01:23:59,451 --> 01:24:02,411
"There's nothing concrete.
His whole trip was wasted."
1264
01:24:02,663 --> 01:24:05,039
You know, and I disagree.
1265
01:24:05,123 --> 01:24:10,336
I actually think that if he did go
and find concrete information
1266
01:24:10,879 --> 01:24:13,631
it would have played much more
into the MacGuffin
1267
01:24:13,757 --> 01:24:16,550
and it would actually have been worse.
1268
01:24:16,635 --> 01:24:20,471
I know I'm being tough
on this sequence right here
1269
01:24:20,806 --> 01:24:25,685
but I have to say, I think the one thing
that l do like is the fact that
1270
01:24:25,769 --> 01:24:30,564
you think he doesn't have anything,
but he actually, on a character level,
1271
01:24:31,024 --> 01:24:34,568
he was able to go
and find closure on certain levels,
1272
01:24:35,362 --> 01:24:38,072
and l don't think Dom
is being dismissive at all.
1273
01:24:38,156 --> 01:24:40,574
I think Dom is actually saying,
1274
01:24:40,659 --> 01:24:44,996
"It's fine, you found your closure,
but we still have a mission to go on."
1275
01:24:45,372 --> 01:24:49,333
And it actually does result in something,
because in this next scene
1276
01:24:50,294 --> 01:24:55,256
Brian's gonna figure out that it's the convoy,
not the military base.
1277
01:24:56,300 --> 01:25:00,594
So, the idea of him going to Braga
and Braga basically telling him that...
1278
01:25:00,762 --> 01:25:04,765
Basically indicating that there's a mole
1279
01:25:04,850 --> 01:25:09,687
and also letting Brian
know a little bit of Shaw's philosophy.
1280
01:25:12,024 --> 01:25:13,149
lt's time.
1281
01:25:13,317 --> 01:25:16,944
Something is not right.
He wanted us to find that guy.
1282
01:25:17,112 --> 01:25:19,989
Think about it.
At Interpol, you were face-to-face with him.
1283
01:25:20,741 --> 01:25:21,907
Brian, so what are you saying?
1284
01:25:22,492 --> 01:25:27,496
Braga said the only way you get near Shaw
is if he wants you to.
1285
01:25:28,165 --> 01:25:29,957
Tej, where's that component?
1286
01:25:30,375 --> 01:25:31,959
They're moving it to a secure location.
1287
01:25:37,007 --> 01:25:38,674
Shaw ain't hitting that base.
1288
01:25:38,842 --> 01:25:40,051
He's hitting the convoy.
1289
01:25:44,723 --> 01:25:49,310
So, here we go, this is actually
one of the two biggest sequences
1290
01:25:49,394 --> 01:25:51,937
that's gonna go back-to-back,
almost, in the film.
1291
01:25:53,732 --> 01:25:58,361
At one point, when this was going to be...
This was so big, this film,
1292
01:25:58,445 --> 01:26:01,072
that I was thinking
about doing it as two films.
1293
01:26:02,032 --> 01:26:07,453
This tank sequence was gonna be
the end of the first film, The Fast.
1294
01:26:07,537 --> 01:26:09,747
And then the plane sequence
1295
01:26:09,831 --> 01:26:14,919
actually was gonna be the end of the second
part of it which was gonna be The Furious.
1296
01:26:15,420 --> 01:26:16,462
Let's go!
1297
01:26:37,901 --> 01:26:40,194
I actually had a sequence
1298
01:26:40,278 --> 01:26:44,073
prevized and designed where
that sequence was taking place in London
1299
01:26:44,491 --> 01:26:48,411
at Piccadilly Circus and everything,
but it was just gonna be insane.
1300
01:26:48,495 --> 01:26:51,455
We were actually gonna build
London on a sound stage,
1301
01:26:51,540 --> 01:26:55,042
we were gonna build it like,
I think it was 1 2 city blocks.
1302
01:26:56,044 --> 01:27:00,089
At the end of the day,
I felt like the money was not being well used,
1303
01:27:00,173 --> 01:27:03,717
because it was gonna be so much
visual effects for the buildings only.
1304
01:27:04,094 --> 01:27:06,554
And building a whole London set,
1305
01:27:07,013 --> 01:27:11,559
I just didn't feel right doing it and at the
same time we would keep going on scouts.
1306
01:27:11,643 --> 01:27:15,646
And as soon as it landed on Tenerife
and they took us on this freeway,
1307
01:27:15,730 --> 01:27:21,026
this highway, basically, that is brand new
and they hadn't opened it yet
1308
01:27:21,111 --> 01:27:24,488
and they said we could have it,
that kinda tipped the scale for me
1309
01:27:24,781 --> 01:27:29,702
and l felt like we would be able
to put much more of the money on-screen
1310
01:27:30,245 --> 01:27:34,623
and also have the control and to be able
to do everything practically, you know.
1311
01:27:37,043 --> 01:27:40,880
And I have to say, right here,
this was one of the sequences with this truck
1312
01:27:40,964 --> 01:27:45,301
and Joss, our special effects supervisor,
did an amazing job.
1313
01:27:45,385 --> 01:27:47,720
We had these meetings,
I remember pitching this to the crew
1314
01:27:47,804 --> 01:27:49,430
and I would just have silence.
1315
01:27:49,514 --> 01:27:52,516
People were, I don't know, scared
1316
01:27:53,059 --> 01:27:55,311
and they didn't know how
we were gonna do it.
1317
01:27:55,395 --> 01:28:00,065
And I remember them coming back saying,
"We can do it in two sequences,
1318
01:28:00,525 --> 01:28:01,734
"we can do it in four parts."
1319
01:28:01,818 --> 01:28:03,861
I said, "No, I want it in one part."
1320
01:28:04,362 --> 01:28:08,491
And Joss and his team, they figured it out
and it was unbelievable.
1321
01:28:08,575 --> 01:28:11,202
And I think you feel the difference.
1322
01:28:11,286 --> 01:28:18,042
When these things are done practically
and there's no editing tricks, it is what it is,
1323
01:28:18,543 --> 01:28:21,504
you just feel that sense of awe
1324
01:28:21,796 --> 01:28:25,007
that l think makes these films
so much fun to watch.
1325
01:28:25,091 --> 01:28:26,300
We got company, guys.
1326
01:28:26,426 --> 01:28:28,677
Toretto is coming right at you.
1327
01:28:28,845 --> 01:28:31,472
Okay. Get the weapons hot.
1328
01:28:33,058 --> 01:28:35,017
Give me satellite imaging.
1329
01:28:36,520 --> 01:28:39,980
We're gonna come up to this sequence
with Han and Gisele.
1330
01:28:40,065 --> 01:28:43,275
Again, this is an example of...
1331
01:28:43,360 --> 01:28:47,821
I have so many characters and the
budgets always come in and they say,
1332
01:28:47,906 --> 01:28:51,450
"Well, we don't have enough money,
you can't do it, you can't do it."
1333
01:28:51,535 --> 01:28:55,412
I can't print any more money,
I can't get any more money, it is what it is.
1334
01:28:55,747 --> 01:28:58,832
And as the production goes on
we get into better shape
1335
01:28:58,917 --> 01:29:00,334
and l went to Spiro and l said,
1336
01:29:00,418 --> 01:29:04,255
"Look, I need you to splinter off your unit
and go shoot some of these shots."
1337
01:29:05,006 --> 01:29:10,928
And he was able to do that and this whole
sequence was shot, in a way, unscheduled.
1338
01:29:11,263 --> 01:29:13,472
It was never on the original schedule.
1339
01:29:26,444 --> 01:29:30,364
The other great thing about having a...
Being able to own a whole highway is that
1340
01:29:30,448 --> 01:29:34,493
I could actually put the actors
behind wheels and have 'em drive.
1341
01:29:34,786 --> 01:29:38,205
And I know, that's always
one of the big things I get on set.
1342
01:29:38,290 --> 01:29:39,748
Everybody wants to drive.
1343
01:29:40,292 --> 01:29:44,920
Of course it's so dangerous to begin with,
1344
01:29:45,297 --> 01:29:48,716
but finally I was able to go
to Vin and Paul and say,
1345
01:29:48,800 --> 01:29:50,718
"Hey, guys, you're gonna be
driving on this one."
1346
01:29:50,802 --> 01:29:53,554
And l can see the excitement in their faces.
1347
01:29:53,638 --> 01:29:56,557
Hey, we do what we do best.
1348
01:29:56,641 --> 01:29:58,058
We improvise, all right?
1349
01:30:11,781 --> 01:30:16,076
This whole sequence started off
a little bit as a joke.
1350
01:30:16,161 --> 01:30:18,746
You know, I think we were saying,
"How do we top the vault?"
1351
01:30:18,997 --> 01:30:23,417
And we thought, "Okay, if the vault
can drive and you can shoot."
1352
01:30:23,501 --> 01:30:26,587
And you know, then we're thinking,
"Well, that's a tank!"
1353
01:30:27,130 --> 01:30:33,344
So, we went and looked at some tanks
and we got one. l remember, at Shepperton,
1354
01:30:33,428 --> 01:30:34,595
we didn't know what it was gonna do.
1355
01:30:34,679 --> 01:30:37,723
So we just had a car and just drove a tank
towards it,
1356
01:30:38,308 --> 01:30:39,600
and I think I've got the footage somewhere,
1357
01:30:39,684 --> 01:30:41,727
and it just crushed the car
like it was nothing.
1358
01:30:41,811 --> 01:30:48,025
And at that point, I realize, "This is
something we can do and we can design it."
1359
01:30:48,109 --> 01:30:52,071
And it wasn't as easy as that
because of the safety factor,
1360
01:30:52,155 --> 01:30:55,532
making sure that we can execute
everything I want in a sequence.
1361
01:30:56,034 --> 01:31:01,163
We actually ended up with the real tanks
and then we built these medium-sized tanks,
1362
01:31:01,706 --> 01:31:05,501
and then we had lightweight tanks.
And it was the combination of all three
1363
01:31:05,877 --> 01:31:11,006
that we were able to execute and maneuver
these vehicles the way we wanted to.
1364
01:31:18,181 --> 01:31:19,848
We got one right in front of us.
1365
01:31:20,183 --> 01:31:21,225
Boom.
1366
01:31:23,144 --> 01:31:24,186
Shit!
1367
01:31:31,486 --> 01:31:32,903
You lucky bastard.
1368
01:31:33,988 --> 01:31:35,614
Roman, you hang in there.
1369
01:31:35,782 --> 01:31:37,408
Hang in there, man!
1370
01:31:40,787 --> 01:31:44,456
Somebody better do something!
l got a tank on my ass!
1371
01:31:46,793 --> 01:31:48,377
There's gotta be a break up ahead.
1372
01:31:48,920 --> 01:31:53,549
Yeah, this whole tether anchoring the car,
1373
01:31:53,633 --> 01:31:56,510
it was probably another moment,
1374
01:31:56,594 --> 01:32:01,557
and one of many, where I would pitch it and
tell the crew, "This is what we're gonna do."
1375
01:32:01,641 --> 01:32:06,061
And you could just see people's faces,
just blank stares of,
1376
01:32:06,521 --> 01:32:10,941
"Really? We're gonna what?
We're gonna crush a car and then drag it?"
1377
01:32:11,025 --> 01:32:13,235
To me, that's what's so much fun.
1378
01:32:13,319 --> 01:32:16,697
That's part of the fun of doing
Fast and Furious films.
1379
01:32:16,781 --> 01:32:18,824
I feel like,
1380
01:32:18,908 --> 01:32:23,746
we have this great relationship
with the viewer, the fans,
1381
01:32:23,830 --> 01:32:27,750
and we're the only kind of
1382
01:32:29,127 --> 01:32:33,005
cinema in the world...
Like this, with that car articulating like that
1383
01:32:33,298 --> 01:32:36,091
I remember telling Andy saying,
"That nose has to be down."
1384
01:32:36,176 --> 01:32:37,217
He would say, "Well, it's gonna flip."
1385
01:32:37,302 --> 01:32:40,137
I said, "Doesn't matter,
do it until you get it right."
1386
01:32:40,430 --> 01:32:42,097
And, you know,
1387
01:32:42,891 --> 01:32:46,226
in reality when you do that, it does,
the nose hits and it flips the car,
1388
01:32:46,311 --> 01:32:49,938
but we have the ability, we have the budget,
1389
01:32:50,023 --> 01:32:52,733
we have the manpower,
we have the craftsmen,
1390
01:32:52,817 --> 01:32:57,613
to be able to get together and do anything
that comes out of my head,
1391
01:32:57,697 --> 01:33:00,199
and that's incredible to me.
1392
01:33:01,868 --> 01:33:04,912
I don't think there's any other cinema
in the world that can support that.
1393
01:33:04,996 --> 01:33:09,208
So, my whole thing is
that we wanna make sure that we respect that
1394
01:33:09,334 --> 01:33:13,337
and we show up every day. Just, let's play.
1395
01:33:13,421 --> 01:33:18,926
And l have the best crew in the world
who are up for the challenge.
1396
01:33:22,514 --> 01:33:26,099
It's funny, when you see these guys run,
it runs a little funny.
1397
01:33:26,184 --> 01:33:29,728
In real life, those highways are built...
1398
01:33:29,813 --> 01:33:33,357
When I was walking I felt like I was drunk,
because they were never flat.
1399
01:33:33,733 --> 01:33:38,153
So, it always created a bit of a problem
for the camera in this sequence.
1400
01:33:39,072 --> 01:33:41,615
Letty, go take care of the cable.
1401
01:33:44,869 --> 01:33:50,874
And now we're coming to the end where
the anchor and also the launch of Letty.
1402
01:33:52,669 --> 01:33:56,964
And it was one of those moments
where discussions were had, you know,
1403
01:33:57,340 --> 01:33:58,841
"Are we jumping the shark?"
1404
01:33:59,133 --> 01:34:03,428
I get the sentiment, but I always feel like
1405
01:34:03,513 --> 01:34:07,474
if it's there to service the character,
which to me,
1406
01:34:07,559 --> 01:34:10,811
that moment is the only moment
why this whole sequence exists.
1407
01:34:10,895 --> 01:34:13,105
Which again, when you're going
with this idea of trust,
1408
01:34:13,523 --> 01:34:16,900
it's Dom showing Letty, as a character,
1409
01:34:17,485 --> 01:34:20,195
that he didn't know
that there was gonna be a car there,
1410
01:34:20,280 --> 01:34:24,908
but he went with blind faith, he trusted that,
you know, he was gonna do something and
1411
01:34:25,910 --> 01:34:29,079
no matter what happened
he had to have blind faith and trust
1412
01:34:29,455 --> 01:34:32,291
and he's demonstrating it to her.
1413
01:34:33,877 --> 01:34:36,211
I remember screening
this film for an audience,
1414
01:34:36,713 --> 01:34:39,882
and when that moment happened,
1415
01:34:40,925 --> 01:34:43,760
this cheer, everyone just stood up
and started cheering
1416
01:34:43,970 --> 01:34:48,473
and that's when I really... It felt good because
1417
01:34:49,142 --> 01:34:52,019
it wasn't about the idea of jumping
the shark or not jumping the shark.
1418
01:34:52,103 --> 01:34:57,232
It was really the idea of, there's that moment,
is it earned by the characters?
1419
01:34:57,442 --> 01:35:02,571
And when they cheered, l felt like, "Okay,
it worked because it truly was earned."
1420
01:35:04,866 --> 01:35:08,744
That 3-ounce computer chip
is more deadly than 1 ,000 of those tanks.
1421
01:35:12,290 --> 01:35:13,916
What about her?
1422
01:35:14,459 --> 01:35:16,084
Not her.
1423
01:35:16,252 --> 01:35:17,711
She was working with Shaw.
1424
01:35:17,879 --> 01:35:18,962
Was,
1425
01:35:21,132 --> 01:35:23,133
but she's always been one of us.
1426
01:35:26,220 --> 01:35:28,138
Let's give them a minute.
1427
01:35:41,986 --> 01:35:43,946
Let's go process Shaw and his crew.
1428
01:35:44,113 --> 01:35:47,324
I've never looked more forward
to filling out paperwork in my life.
1429
01:35:52,163 --> 01:35:54,581
You know, usually,
budget-wise for these films,
1430
01:35:54,666 --> 01:35:57,250
I mean, we have a lot of money to spend,
1431
01:35:57,335 --> 01:36:00,629
but all we can afford is two big set pieces.
1432
01:36:00,713 --> 01:36:03,757
On this one, on the same budget,
1433
01:36:03,841 --> 01:36:06,301
we were able to basically
squeeze out a third one.
1434
01:36:06,386 --> 01:36:10,722
We had the team versus team,
the tank and they're not small ones,
1435
01:36:10,807 --> 01:36:16,520
I mean, these sequences dwarf
even the vault sequence in Five,
1436
01:36:16,604 --> 01:36:18,855
or even the train sequence.
1437
01:36:19,440 --> 01:36:23,652
Again, it means a lot to be working
with Clayton and the whole crew
1438
01:36:23,736 --> 01:36:25,320
and everybody being so efficient
1439
01:36:25,405 --> 01:36:28,365
that we're able to basically
squeeze out another huge sequence.
1440
01:36:28,449 --> 01:36:30,367
To be able to be done with one...
1441
01:36:30,451 --> 01:36:35,414
The tank sequence, where it usually...
The size of it is a third action set piece.
1442
01:36:35,707 --> 01:36:38,500
And then to have another one
that's even bigger coming up,
1443
01:36:39,919 --> 01:36:44,172
that's something that I'm very proud of
and I'm very proud of the crew.
1444
01:36:46,092 --> 01:36:48,635
And here you have the Han-Gisele
1445
01:36:50,263 --> 01:36:54,850
kind of working their way
into the Tokyo Drift rap.
1446
01:36:55,393 --> 01:36:57,811
And I felt like it was important,
I think in the theme of trust,
1447
01:36:57,895 --> 01:37:00,272
l think for them it's more existential
1448
01:37:00,356 --> 01:37:03,817
and anytime I can get on set
with Gal and Sung,
1449
01:37:03,901 --> 01:37:07,654
it was always something
that we would sneak in.
1450
01:37:07,739 --> 01:37:11,783
Because these scenes are always so huge
with all the coverage and stuff,
1451
01:37:12,076 --> 01:37:15,871
it's never quite officially on schedule.
1452
01:37:16,080 --> 01:37:18,790
So l would always have wardrobe be ready
1453
01:37:19,333 --> 01:37:22,836
and l would look at Sonia and Lorenzo
1454
01:37:22,920 --> 01:37:28,050
and they'd just know and they grab Sung
and Gal and they just run off to get changed.
1455
01:37:32,346 --> 01:37:35,932
Some things you just have to take on faith.
1456
01:37:37,602 --> 01:37:38,935
Hey, Toretto!
1457
01:37:39,103 --> 01:37:42,731
And this sequence here, again,
this is early on our schedule
1458
01:37:42,815 --> 01:37:47,235
and there was only two days,
this is basically Luke's first day on set.
1459
01:37:47,487 --> 01:37:52,365
And I remember talking to him and he's like,
"Way to throw me into this franchise."
1460
01:37:52,450 --> 01:37:54,868
You know, it's like first day,
we're at end of second act
1461
01:37:54,952 --> 01:37:58,413
and he basically has
to stand up to all, everybody.
1462
01:37:58,956 --> 01:38:02,584
But he's great,
he's just a consummate professional
1463
01:38:03,336 --> 01:38:05,921
and I can't wait to work with him again.
1464
01:38:07,090 --> 01:38:10,425
l told you exactly what l was gonna do
if you didn't walk away, Toretto.
1465
01:38:11,260 --> 01:38:15,180
And again, here we work in this,
hopefully it's a bit of a surprise.
1466
01:38:15,264 --> 01:38:19,226
l think the conceit is that
when Mia sends them off,
1467
01:38:19,310 --> 01:38:22,521
you think,
"Oh, it's just get rid of the baby and..."
1468
01:38:23,106 --> 01:38:26,525
But they actually end up playing
a huge part of the third act.
1469
01:38:26,859 --> 01:38:29,152
And I think when this was figured out,
1470
01:38:29,278 --> 01:38:32,114
I really, you know,
it was a sigh of relief for me
1471
01:38:32,198 --> 01:38:34,407
because not only do you get to incorporate
1472
01:38:34,492 --> 01:38:36,868
and bring back all the characters,
bring everything around,
1473
01:38:36,953 --> 01:38:41,498
but it actually fits into both philosophies.
1474
01:38:45,670 --> 01:38:47,170
-Mia?
-Brian!
1475
01:38:50,633 --> 01:38:51,967
Let me go!
1476
01:39:05,273 --> 01:39:07,983
So, this is how it's gonna go down.
1477
01:39:08,526 --> 01:39:10,485
You're gonna cut me loose from these cuffs,
1478
01:39:10,945 --> 01:39:12,195
you're gonna hand me the chip,
1479
01:39:12,363 --> 01:39:14,364
I'm gonna walk out of here
and you're not gonna follow.
1480
01:39:14,532 --> 01:39:16,700
You must be joking.
1481
01:39:20,705 --> 01:39:21,955
Look at his face.
1482
01:39:25,960 --> 01:39:27,335
Ask him if I'm joking.
1483
01:39:27,503 --> 01:39:32,215
One hostage does not outweigh
the threat to millions.
1484
01:39:33,301 --> 01:39:37,053
I'm sorry, but this changes nothing.
1485
01:39:42,143 --> 01:39:43,476
It changes everything.
1486
01:39:44,854 --> 01:39:47,564
You tell your men to stand down.
1487
01:39:50,359 --> 01:39:52,194
Stand down.
1488
01:39:52,320 --> 01:39:54,362
Adding this turn on Hobbs,
1489
01:39:54,447 --> 01:40:00,118
it's something that, if you really look
at this exercise of an ensemble
1490
01:40:00,369 --> 01:40:04,289
and I think Dwayne got it right away
and I told him, I said,
1491
01:40:04,373 --> 01:40:08,251
"Look, if you really count the time
he's on-screen, it's not that much."
1492
01:40:08,836 --> 01:40:11,838
But if you really look at the impact of Hobbs,
1493
01:40:11,923 --> 01:40:14,090
it outweighs that by many times,
1494
01:40:14,175 --> 01:40:16,509
because Hobbs is the character
1495
01:40:16,594 --> 01:40:20,764
that actually brings Dom and the team
into this new genre, this new world.
1496
01:40:21,933 --> 01:40:27,103
I always enjoy working with Dwayne
because he gets the bigger picture.
1497
01:40:28,231 --> 01:40:32,025
I think, a lot of times,
some people might get pushed back
1498
01:40:32,109 --> 01:40:35,487
because they feel like
they're not in the movie enough, or whatever.
1499
01:40:35,571 --> 01:40:39,908
But never from Dwayne,
we just have one conversation and he gets it.
1500
01:40:40,660 --> 01:40:43,787
And that's what you need
for a movie like this.
1501
01:40:45,414 --> 01:40:47,082
Coming, babe?
1502
01:40:48,834 --> 01:40:51,253
And here we have the Riley turn.
1503
01:40:52,338 --> 01:40:55,257
Which I always loved watching it in theaters,
1504
01:40:55,341 --> 01:40:56,549
and we always end up
1505
01:40:56,634 --> 01:41:00,553
eliciting some sort of reaction
from the viewer when that happens.
1506
01:41:02,098 --> 01:41:06,643
It might surprise,
but the seed was planted with Braga.
1507
01:41:06,727 --> 01:41:09,729
So even if it's a big or mild surprise,
1508
01:41:09,814 --> 01:41:14,025
it actually fits into everything that Shaw...
Who he is.
1509
01:41:15,319 --> 01:41:20,573
I think that's always part of the fun
when you set the game plan
1510
01:41:20,658 --> 01:41:21,950
and philosophy for different characters,
1511
01:41:22,034 --> 01:41:24,911
and when things organically
kind of come together.
1512
01:41:24,996 --> 01:41:26,871
So, what about Toretto's sister?
1513
01:41:29,583 --> 01:41:33,253
I think I have to give credit to Jay,
one of the execs at Universal.
1514
01:41:33,337 --> 01:41:36,756
He actually came up with the mole with Riley.
1515
01:41:36,841 --> 01:41:39,884
And usually when you hear executives talk,
1516
01:41:41,512 --> 01:41:45,223
you just want to basically
throw them in the closet or something.
1517
01:41:45,766 --> 01:41:48,310
But Jay is a superstar.
1518
01:41:49,020 --> 01:41:52,939
I enjoy working with Jeffrey Kirschenbaum,
who is now the president.
1519
01:41:53,024 --> 01:41:55,984
We came up together on Tokyo Drift.
1520
01:41:56,068 --> 01:41:59,404
And now he's co-president of the studio.
1521
01:41:59,488 --> 01:42:04,784
And Jay, who's just starting off his career,
he's a superstar in the making.
1522
01:42:04,869 --> 01:42:09,914
And I feel very fortunate.
A lot of times you have this tug and puII
1523
01:42:09,999 --> 01:42:12,959
when you're working with the studio.
1524
01:42:13,044 --> 01:42:15,628
But I actually have a great relationship.
1525
01:42:15,713 --> 01:42:18,965
I work with people who are passionate,
who don't mind a good fight,
1526
01:42:19,050 --> 01:42:21,801
but at the end of the day,
respect the process.
1527
01:42:21,886 --> 01:42:26,097
You can't ask for anything more than that
as a director.
1528
01:42:26,182 --> 01:42:29,309
Because l know I'm not
the easiest person to work with,
1529
01:42:29,393 --> 01:42:33,563
because I feel like it's my job to fight
for a point of view.
1530
01:42:33,981 --> 01:42:36,191
And I will fight to the end.
1531
01:42:36,275 --> 01:42:41,488
And to be able to have collaborators
that are not afraid to do that,
1532
01:42:41,572 --> 01:42:46,159
but also, at the same time,
respect the director and what he does,
1533
01:42:46,243 --> 01:42:47,786
I think it's very rare.
1534
01:42:47,870 --> 01:42:52,457
And l think this franchise has been
able to benefit from that relationship.
1535
01:42:54,710 --> 01:42:58,546
She's as good as dead
if Shaw gets away on that plane.
1536
01:43:02,301 --> 01:43:04,219
Then we don't let him get away.
1537
01:43:11,894 --> 01:43:13,186
Let's end this thing.
1538
01:43:13,270 --> 01:43:17,273
And here we are,
this is the big plane sequence.
1539
01:43:17,358 --> 01:43:21,194
It took about four years
for it to finally come to life.
1540
01:43:21,278 --> 01:43:25,198
I started designing the plane sequence
after Fast Four,
1541
01:43:25,282 --> 01:43:29,035
and I actually still have the previz for it.
1542
01:43:29,120 --> 01:43:33,540
At one point it was just an exercise
on what can be done,
1543
01:43:33,624 --> 01:43:37,627
and then I started incorporating
more character moments in there.
1544
01:43:41,507 --> 01:43:46,094
There was talk about maybe using it
at the end of Fast Five,
1545
01:43:46,178 --> 01:43:50,557
but I didn't think we had the resources,
1546
01:43:50,641 --> 01:43:53,560
I didn't think the technology was ready.
1547
01:43:53,644 --> 01:43:57,188
And so, finally, now to see it come to life,
1548
01:43:57,273 --> 01:44:00,733
the fact that it took four years
for it to all come together,
1549
01:44:00,818 --> 01:44:03,695
it's very fulfilling to see it on-screen.
1550
01:44:04,989 --> 01:44:08,366
The challenge, also, with this sequence,
1551
01:44:08,451 --> 01:44:10,118
there's not a lot...
1552
01:44:10,202 --> 01:44:11,703
You have to make a commitment.
1553
01:44:11,787 --> 01:44:13,371
Because, I think with other action sequences
1554
01:44:13,456 --> 01:44:17,167
you can always cheat
and change the order of things.
1555
01:44:17,251 --> 01:44:21,087
But with this, there are so many characters,
you have to make a commitment,
1556
01:44:21,172 --> 01:44:23,465
there is no going back.
1557
01:44:23,549 --> 01:44:27,010
And so, it did take many, many months,
1558
01:44:27,094 --> 01:44:31,181
and once l decided that this was
gonna end Fast 6, or Furious 6...
1559
01:44:32,558 --> 01:44:35,685
This interior set itself...
1560
01:44:35,769 --> 01:44:41,733
I didn't have it totally set until about
three weeks before we went into that set.
1561
01:44:41,817 --> 01:44:48,239
And part of that was, I had to make sure
the overall connections were all set,
1562
01:44:48,324 --> 01:44:51,075
and that all the character arcs
were gonna be serviced.
1563
01:44:51,368 --> 01:44:52,619
Tell them to take off!
1564
01:44:52,703 --> 01:44:55,788
And that started from the outside
and we worked our way in,
1565
01:44:55,873 --> 01:45:00,627
knowing that a lot of the big pieces
were gonna be in the interior.
1566
01:45:00,711 --> 01:45:03,755
But we were shooting second unit first.
1567
01:45:04,089 --> 01:45:07,634
And with first-second units,
again, directors all work very differently.
1568
01:45:07,718 --> 01:45:11,721
There's directors out there who
basically just hand off whatever action
1569
01:45:11,847 --> 01:45:14,849
to the second unit director.
1570
01:45:14,934 --> 01:45:16,809
I don't like doing that. I don't do that at all
1571
01:45:16,894 --> 01:45:20,480
because l feel like that makes the film
feel very segmented.
1572
01:45:20,564 --> 01:45:26,778
So all these shots have to be designed,
talked about, and it has to be executed.
1573
01:45:26,862 --> 01:45:28,196
You don't get any time back.
1574
01:45:28,280 --> 01:45:30,865
If the second unit,
they don't get the shots right,
1575
01:45:30,950 --> 01:45:32,825
you're never gonna get it again.
1576
01:45:32,910 --> 01:45:38,540
So l have a great relationship
with Spiro, Andy, and the whole second unit.
1577
01:45:38,624 --> 01:45:41,501
And they're usually shooting nights
and we're shooting days,
1578
01:45:41,585 --> 01:45:43,920
so I'm up all night
talking to them on the phone.
1579
01:45:44,004 --> 01:45:46,673
If for some reason a shot that's designed...
1580
01:45:47,841 --> 01:45:50,885
I work with Alex Vegh, who's head of previz,
and he's unbelievable,
1581
01:45:50,970 --> 01:45:53,680
he's become such a big part of this team.
1582
01:45:53,764 --> 01:45:58,059
These shots are designed for
the move and lens, everything.
1583
01:45:59,103 --> 01:46:01,771
And so when we're on set,
there should be no surprises,
1584
01:46:01,855 --> 01:46:05,024
but yet, there will always be.
l would get a call from Spiro saying,
1585
01:46:05,109 --> 01:46:08,319
the 1 8mm lens is not quite working
because of this and that.
1586
01:46:08,445 --> 01:46:10,363
Can we go to 1 6? Can we go to 14?
1587
01:46:10,447 --> 01:46:15,326
Whatever it is, that's how specific I like to get
1588
01:46:15,411 --> 01:46:17,870
when dealing with these sequences.
1589
01:46:17,955 --> 01:46:19,914
And also, there's enough trust with Spiro
1590
01:46:19,999 --> 01:46:23,668
because we talk about these sequences
for months and months and months
1591
01:46:23,752 --> 01:46:30,717
that when he suggests,
"This doesn't work, let's try this,"
1592
01:46:30,801 --> 01:46:33,928
it's always in the ballpark
because we're all in sync.
1593
01:46:34,013 --> 01:46:35,847
And it's important to have that.
1594
01:46:36,974 --> 01:46:41,811
And then, in the first unit
I'm with all the actors, and also with Olivier.
1595
01:46:44,648 --> 01:46:48,318
He had a lot on his plate in this film
designing all the fights.
1596
01:46:48,402 --> 01:46:51,446
On Fast Five, l thought there was a lot,
1597
01:46:51,530 --> 01:46:54,866
but that was nothing compared quantity-wise
1598
01:46:54,950 --> 01:46:58,036
to what we're doing in this film.
1599
01:46:58,120 --> 01:46:59,829
Yeah, he did an unbelievable job.
1600
01:46:59,913 --> 01:47:03,249
I'd never worked with Olivier,
this is the first time.
1601
01:47:03,334 --> 01:47:06,252
The challenge, a lot of times,
working with fight coordinators is that,
1602
01:47:06,337 --> 01:47:08,588
they come from a very different background.
1603
01:47:08,672 --> 01:47:11,716
They really see it through a different lens,
they look at fights as fights,
1604
01:47:11,800 --> 01:47:13,426
and they are very technical.
1605
01:47:13,510 --> 01:47:18,806
With Olivier, l love talking about
character and motivation,
1606
01:47:19,433 --> 01:47:21,184
and he gets it.
1607
01:47:57,554 --> 01:48:02,892
Right here, this is actually the Dom-Hobbs
moment that I really wanted to earn.
1608
01:48:02,976 --> 01:48:07,271
And it's always very satisfying to be
in the theater and watch it with the audience
1609
01:48:07,356 --> 01:48:09,148
where they cheer for that moment.
1610
01:48:29,253 --> 01:48:33,589
And we had a lot of cars that we destroyed.
1611
01:48:33,674 --> 01:48:36,134
We keep breaking our own records.
1612
01:48:36,260 --> 01:48:39,720
I think this one,
we went above 250 cars, we wrecked.
1613
01:48:40,931 --> 01:48:45,852
I remember on Tokyo Drift, I'd asked
for a cannon of a car for a stunt
1614
01:48:45,936 --> 01:48:47,520
and it was a big deal.
1615
01:48:47,604 --> 01:48:52,233
And it feels like every day we were doing
one of those big deals on this film.
1616
01:48:55,946 --> 01:49:02,034
And I remember in Longcross, we were trying
to see what would happen with these cars
1617
01:49:02,119 --> 01:49:03,870
and we got a crane.
1618
01:49:05,956 --> 01:49:09,375
And as soon as I saw that you could actually
lift them up and how wild they would swing
1619
01:49:10,419 --> 01:49:13,004
that's when I knew we had something.
1620
01:49:18,427 --> 01:49:23,598
You know, how do you top
the Dom and Hobbs fight of Fast Five?
1621
01:49:23,682 --> 01:49:24,891
I don't think you try to top it,
1622
01:49:24,975 --> 01:49:27,351
you really try to service the character
in the moments.
1623
01:49:27,436 --> 01:49:32,273
But that being said,
I was very happy to have found Kim,
1624
01:49:34,193 --> 01:49:39,322
because Dwayne is a huge guy, but he looks
like a normal guy standing next to Kim.
1625
01:49:39,406 --> 01:49:44,076
And Kim was just game.
And I loved playing with them on their fights,
1626
01:49:44,161 --> 01:49:47,872
even the way they would take the hits.
It was so good.
1627
01:49:54,171 --> 01:50:01,177
And this clothesline was the perfect ending
to the Dom-Hobbs end of it.
1628
01:50:03,222 --> 01:50:04,805
What happened? Did you hit the flap?
1629
01:50:07,059 --> 01:50:08,476
You should buckle up right now.
1630
01:50:08,560 --> 01:50:09,602
What?
1631
01:50:20,030 --> 01:50:23,533
This sequence here,
we had built a set that was the fuselage,
1632
01:50:23,617 --> 01:50:28,788
and it had a rotating set
just to make it feel authentic.
1633
01:50:28,872 --> 01:50:31,666
I think a lot of these little things,
when you watch the film,
1634
01:50:31,750 --> 01:50:33,626
it goes into the planning of it,
1635
01:50:33,710 --> 01:50:40,132
so that subtle moves in the movement
in the background, it all really helps overall.
1636
01:50:45,097 --> 01:50:48,474
At the end of the day,
we basically built a whole Antonov.
1637
01:50:48,559 --> 01:50:49,642
We built them in parts.
1638
01:50:49,726 --> 01:50:53,271
So we had the fuselage set,
we had the pilot set,
1639
01:50:53,355 --> 01:50:56,566
and we had to build a wing,
we built the wheels,
1640
01:50:56,650 --> 01:50:59,193
and when you put it all together,
we basically built a whole plane.
1641
01:51:16,503 --> 01:51:17,545
Shit.
1642
01:51:18,255 --> 01:51:22,883
And here we have Mia and Brian.
Again, it's nice when things work out
1643
01:51:22,968 --> 01:51:25,595
where it feels like Mia is basically
sending the guys off
1644
01:51:26,179 --> 01:51:28,347
so she can take care of her baby,
1645
01:51:28,432 --> 01:51:31,267
and now she's driving the car
that's gonna take down the plane.
1646
01:51:36,356 --> 01:51:42,194
And this is the moment for Brian, where,
again, his discovery of this idea of trust.
1647
01:51:42,279 --> 01:51:44,780
He actually has to shoot not at the target
1648
01:51:44,865 --> 01:51:48,534
but at where he thinks it's gonna go
to hit the target.
1649
01:51:55,917 --> 01:51:57,251
l got you.
1650
01:51:59,504 --> 01:52:02,465
This Han-Gisele moment l love.
1651
01:52:04,634 --> 01:52:09,096
I always love, whether it's Star Wars
or any kind of franchise movies,
1652
01:52:09,181 --> 01:52:12,892
where you have
these iconic characters that have...
1653
01:52:12,976 --> 01:52:17,313
They actually have an expiration date.
They don't live on forever.
1654
01:52:17,397 --> 01:52:19,857
And that's what makes them so cool.
1655
01:52:20,525 --> 01:52:24,153
It's like James Dean or Bruce Lee,
there's this mystique.
1656
01:52:26,031 --> 01:52:31,035
l think now we're at a time
in franchises with studios
1657
01:52:32,162 --> 01:52:35,498
where they just want everybody alive.
1658
01:52:35,582 --> 01:52:38,417
Just in case, forever.
1659
01:52:38,502 --> 01:52:42,838
And so, I gotta give the studio a lot of credit.
We had a lot of discussions
1660
01:52:42,923 --> 01:52:46,050
on this whole Han-Gisele thing.
1661
01:52:46,551 --> 01:52:51,263
And at the end of the day,
they really did support me as a filmmaker,
1662
01:52:51,348 --> 01:52:53,182
and I appreciate that,
1663
01:52:53,266 --> 01:52:57,436
because the amount of work, commitment,
that goes into making these films,
1664
01:52:57,521 --> 01:53:01,941
to have a studio that basically has been
an amazing partner
1665
01:53:02,025 --> 01:53:04,318
these last eight years...
1666
01:53:04,403 --> 01:53:10,616
Because without them you can't have
a chance to make a decent movie nowadays,
1667
01:53:10,700 --> 01:53:13,202
because there's just so many people.
1668
01:53:16,081 --> 01:53:20,918
I have said this before, you know,
a lot of times with franchises and sequels,
1669
01:53:21,920 --> 01:53:23,295
there's so much money involved
1670
01:53:23,380 --> 01:53:26,924
that when one works,
the tendency is to be conservative
1671
01:53:27,008 --> 01:53:30,094
and say, "Well, it worked on that last one,
so let's do the same thing over."
1672
01:53:30,178 --> 01:53:33,431
And that's why, for me as a moviegoer,
1673
01:53:34,266 --> 01:53:37,643
I find that that's the problem with sequels
a lot of times.
1674
01:53:37,727 --> 01:53:39,311
And so, when I go to the studio
1675
01:53:39,396 --> 01:53:42,940
and say, "Hey, I know that
we were successful on this last one,
1676
01:53:43,066 --> 01:53:45,484
"but in this next one we're gonna
do something very different."
1677
01:53:45,569 --> 01:53:50,364
And for them to say, "Okay. Let's evolve it.
You do it. Let's push it."
1678
01:53:50,449 --> 01:53:53,367
That is very rare.
1679
01:53:53,452 --> 01:53:57,496
And there's a lot of trust that goes in
between the filmmaker and the studio,
1680
01:53:57,581 --> 01:54:01,542
and I appreciate Universal
for being such great partners.
1681
01:54:01,626 --> 01:54:05,504
For us to start off in a streetcar race scene
1682
01:54:05,589 --> 01:54:09,175
and for us now to be fighting in an Antonov
1683
01:54:09,259 --> 01:54:13,512
with people getting
ejected through a windshield,
1684
01:54:13,597 --> 01:54:17,183
this takes a lot of conversations
and a lot of trust.
1685
01:54:17,267 --> 01:54:20,686
And for us to be here and to see this,
1686
01:54:20,770 --> 01:54:24,190
to see the explosion of the plane
and everything,
1687
01:54:25,609 --> 01:54:28,152
it just shows you that this is earned, too.
1688
01:54:28,236 --> 01:54:32,072
And the fans are a huge part of this process,
1689
01:54:32,157 --> 01:54:36,744
because sequels aren't given,
sequels are earned.
1690
01:54:36,828 --> 01:54:41,582
And for us to be able to be a part of this,
for me to be able to be a part of this
1691
01:54:41,666 --> 01:54:44,376
and to be able to push it and challenge it,
1692
01:54:44,461 --> 01:54:46,462
and even stylize it to a point where
1693
01:54:46,546 --> 01:54:50,674
we're able to really push
what can be done physically,
1694
01:54:51,801 --> 01:54:55,095
it's been an amazing ride
for the last eight years.
1695
01:54:59,309 --> 01:55:02,603
I feel like my job is to somehow
1696
01:55:02,687 --> 01:55:06,607
take our characters
on all these adventures around the world
1697
01:55:06,691 --> 01:55:09,401
and ultimately bring them home.
1698
01:55:09,486 --> 01:55:11,862
And to have the opportunity to do it,
1699
01:55:11,947 --> 01:55:16,242
I just don't think
you get that much in life in what I do,
1700
01:55:16,326 --> 01:55:19,328
and so I definitely don't take this lightly.
1701
01:55:30,382 --> 01:55:34,385
And I have to give David Vickery,
Double Negative, Calvin...
1702
01:55:34,928 --> 01:55:39,431
I mean, there were so many people
that worked on this, and with pride,
1703
01:55:39,516 --> 01:55:42,351
and just the crazy schedule that we had,
1704
01:55:42,435 --> 01:55:46,772
and for them to be so tirelessly working
1705
01:55:46,856 --> 01:55:49,191
and just giving their all...
1706
01:55:50,193 --> 01:55:51,610
And especially visual effects.
1707
01:55:51,695 --> 01:55:56,865
I have to say,
l think in Star Wars or Star Trek,
1708
01:55:57,033 --> 01:56:00,286
you know when it's a visual effect,
it looks great and everything.
1709
01:56:00,537 --> 01:56:03,956
Here, in this sequence
they're the unsung heroes.
1710
01:56:04,040 --> 01:56:07,793
When they do their job,
you're not supposed to notice anything.
1711
01:56:07,877 --> 01:56:11,130
And it's definitely
very practically driven, this film,
1712
01:56:11,214 --> 01:56:14,675
but I still have 1 ,800 effects shots.
1713
01:56:14,759 --> 01:56:18,470
And the only time
you recognize visual effects in this franchise
1714
01:56:18,555 --> 01:56:20,556
is when it doesn't work.
1715
01:56:20,640 --> 01:56:22,641
So the fact that everything looks so great
1716
01:56:22,726 --> 01:56:25,811
is a testament
to everybody that's worked on it,
1717
01:56:25,895 --> 01:56:27,730
the visual effects crew...
1718
01:56:28,940 --> 01:56:30,733
I'm forever grateful.
1719
01:56:30,817 --> 01:56:33,319
I think for them to be in a dark room all day,
1720
01:56:33,403 --> 01:56:36,947
just working and taking these notes,
and working and reworking things.
1721
01:56:37,157 --> 01:56:41,827
And to see it now, we're gonna have
this film that's gonna exist forever,
1722
01:56:41,911 --> 01:56:44,747
that's something that
I think we're all very proud of.
1723
01:56:45,790 --> 01:56:47,499
Where's Gisele?
1724
01:56:47,584 --> 01:56:50,002
And again this moment with Han,
1725
01:56:51,588 --> 01:56:57,343
l think there was some concern that it was
taking the cheer moment away from the film.
1726
01:56:57,427 --> 01:57:01,305
And, to me, I don't think it takes it away,
it adds depth.
1727
01:57:01,389 --> 01:57:05,684
l think it's the accumulation
of everything, emotionally,
1728
01:57:05,769 --> 01:57:07,353
that this is what...
1729
01:57:07,437 --> 01:57:12,316
If you really want to talk about
this idea of family, it does embody that.
1730
01:57:12,400 --> 01:57:16,487
You're gonna have moments of triumph,
you're gonna have moments of support,
1731
01:57:16,571 --> 01:57:20,199
you know, people there for each other.
That's what a family is.
1732
01:57:20,283 --> 01:57:26,372
And I'm glad that we're able to conclude
everything and to have these moments.
1733
01:57:26,456 --> 01:57:30,084
And I think it speaks to
the maturity of the franchise.
1734
01:57:30,460 --> 01:57:31,794
Name your price, Dom.
1735
01:57:36,716 --> 01:57:39,134
1 327.
1736
01:57:56,611 --> 01:57:59,029
So we're back here in the Toretto house.
1737
01:58:01,324 --> 01:58:04,034
And in the UK shooting,
the weather's always unpredictable.
1738
01:58:04,119 --> 01:58:06,829
It's a challenge, and everybody knows that.
1739
01:58:06,913 --> 01:58:09,707
And I was looking forward to
coming back to LA and shooting,
1740
01:58:09,791 --> 01:58:12,793
and, of course, as soon as we got back,
it was raining.
1741
01:58:14,546 --> 01:58:16,839
Our two-day shoot became a four-day shoot.
1742
01:58:16,923 --> 01:58:19,508
And it was pretty tough getting this.
1743
01:58:20,218 --> 01:58:21,844
But it was definitely worth it,
1744
01:58:21,928 --> 01:58:24,680
I think, for the actors,
but definitely for me, too,
1745
01:58:24,764 --> 01:58:29,935
to be able to, in a way,
take the characters on this crazy journey
1746
01:58:30,019 --> 01:58:34,273
and then bring 'em home,
and conclude my chapter of the franchise.
1747
01:58:34,816 --> 01:58:36,108
You're confusing the kid.
1748
01:58:36,276 --> 01:58:37,484
Mia, you're gonna let him get away with this?
1749
01:58:37,652 --> 01:58:39,027
You're really going to do it?
1750
01:58:39,863 --> 01:58:40,904
Tokyo.
1751
01:58:42,157 --> 01:58:44,825
Yeah, it's just something l gotta do.
1752
01:58:44,993 --> 01:58:48,287
You know we got your back,
whenever you need us.
1753
01:58:52,375 --> 01:58:54,793
Hey, Mia, you better hide your baby oil.
1754
01:58:54,878 --> 01:58:55,919
I'm just playing.
1755
01:58:56,004 --> 01:58:57,671
You better hide that big-ass forehead.
1756
01:58:57,839 --> 01:58:59,047
l was just joking, but whatever.
1757
01:58:59,549 --> 01:59:00,966
Definitely not that funny.
1758
01:59:01,134 --> 01:59:02,801
lt's official.
1759
01:59:02,969 --> 01:59:04,178
You're all free.
1760
01:59:08,892 --> 01:59:12,936
Now, a lot of people, they would ask me,
"Did you know everything?"
1761
01:59:13,938 --> 01:59:18,400
I knew enough, even in '05, talking to Vin,
1762
01:59:18,485 --> 01:59:21,695
that it is really cool to see...
1763
01:59:21,780 --> 01:59:24,573
When you see Roman and Tej talking to Han
1764
01:59:24,657 --> 01:59:28,118
and you're seeing Letty talking to Elena,
1765
01:59:28,203 --> 01:59:30,996
it just means that we've earned all this.
1766
01:59:31,080 --> 01:59:36,084
And all these characters that exist in this
franchise, in the Fast and Furious universe,
1767
01:59:36,169 --> 01:59:38,754
are able to interact with each other.
1768
01:59:40,298 --> 01:59:41,840
He's an amazing guy.
1769
01:59:42,509 --> 01:59:44,051
Yeah, he is.
1770
01:59:45,553 --> 01:59:46,762
Try to keep him out of trouble.
1771
01:59:46,846 --> 01:59:51,934
I like our approach because
we never shy away from the fact that
1772
01:59:52,018 --> 01:59:53,852
there's two women who love Dom,
1773
01:59:55,271 --> 01:59:59,149
there is a baby now in an action franchise.
1774
02:00:01,152 --> 02:00:04,822
The fact that we embrace it
instead of pushing things away,
1775
02:00:05,782 --> 02:00:08,951
that's kind of a badge of honor for me,
for sure.
1776
02:00:12,288 --> 02:00:13,997
Until next time.
1777
02:00:14,624 --> 02:00:17,334
Until next time.
1778
02:00:23,800 --> 02:00:24,800
Elena.
1779
02:00:33,643 --> 02:00:35,060
You know you don't have to go.
1780
02:00:38,147 --> 02:00:41,567
All this... This is your family.
1781
02:00:42,652 --> 02:00:44,486
lt's who you are.
1782
02:00:44,863 --> 02:00:46,822
This is my family.
1783
02:00:49,158 --> 02:00:50,993
This is who l am.
1784
02:01:09,137 --> 02:01:10,345
All right, everybody, let's eat.
1785
02:01:10,847 --> 02:01:11,847
Want some help with that?
1786
02:01:12,056 --> 02:01:13,599
lt's all here, it's done.
1787
02:01:14,517 --> 02:01:16,852
Come on, man, let's get with it.
1788
02:01:19,689 --> 02:01:21,356
First bite, he's got grace.
1789
02:01:21,524 --> 02:01:23,191
House rules, man. House rules.
1790
02:01:23,318 --> 02:01:27,362
Usually, working on the script,
these are always the toughest moments,
1791
02:01:27,447 --> 02:01:29,740
to wrap everything up.
1792
02:01:29,824 --> 02:01:34,411
But I have to say,
it came pretty easy for this film.
1793
02:01:35,872 --> 02:01:38,540
It came across pretty organically.
1794
02:01:39,417 --> 02:01:40,751
That's good enough for me.
1795
02:01:42,462 --> 02:01:45,631
I think the biggest issue was,
"Can we cram everything into one film?"
1796
02:01:45,715 --> 02:01:47,758
That was probably the biggest issue.
1797
02:01:47,842 --> 02:01:54,389
But it was a challenge and I'm glad that
we were able to do that.
1798
02:01:55,642 --> 02:02:01,438
And for me, it's just a nice way
to close everything out.
1799
02:02:02,148 --> 02:02:04,733
...because that's what makes us who we are.
1800
02:02:05,526 --> 02:02:09,112
It just felt right for me
that this was the time to go.
1801
02:02:09,197 --> 02:02:13,408
I feel like I was able to help it
evolve and grow,
1802
02:02:13,493 --> 02:02:17,079
and at a certain point, I had to let it go.
1803
02:02:18,581 --> 02:02:22,793
I remember watching the first
Fast and Furious when l was in film school,
1804
02:02:22,877 --> 02:02:27,339
so I actually can't wait to get back to that role
1805
02:02:27,465 --> 02:02:31,051
of being a viewer again, a fan again,
1806
02:02:31,135 --> 02:02:36,264
and see where the next filmmaker's
gonna take this franchise,
1807
02:02:36,349 --> 02:02:39,643
and the adventures of Dom and Brian
and everybody.
1808
02:02:40,728 --> 02:02:44,064
And l know that
the franchise is gonna move forward
1809
02:02:44,148 --> 02:02:46,942
and it's gonna go on and on and on.
1810
02:02:56,619 --> 02:02:58,495
We're gonna have the tag here now.
1811
02:02:58,579 --> 02:03:00,580
And people were like, "There's no way
1812
02:03:00,665 --> 02:03:03,709
"you could have figured that out
way back in Tokyo Drift."
1813
02:03:03,793 --> 02:03:08,463
And to be honest, I knew we were
always gonna come back to Tokyo.
1814
02:03:09,549 --> 02:03:15,470
And l felt like there were
two pivotal points in this franchise for me.
1815
02:03:15,555 --> 02:03:19,474
And the first one was, I mentioned earlier,
it was talking to Vin,
1816
02:03:19,559 --> 02:03:22,227
convincing him to come back for the cameo.
1817
02:03:22,311 --> 02:03:26,231
Because that, to me, was a big indication
1818
02:03:26,315 --> 02:03:28,066
that I was doing something right
1819
02:03:28,151 --> 02:03:32,362
and that the sensibility of this franchise,
even if it's being shifted,
1820
02:03:32,447 --> 02:03:36,992
and that we were gonna do
something hopefully, and evolve and grow,
1821
02:03:37,076 --> 02:03:42,247
and he got that, and we were able to
really move from there.
1822
02:03:42,331 --> 02:03:46,460
I have to say,
probably the second biggest moment for me,
1823
02:03:46,544 --> 02:03:49,588
it was actually after Tokyo Drift,
1824
02:03:50,673 --> 02:03:53,592
and I wasn't sure if I was gonna
do another Fast and Furious.
1825
02:03:53,676 --> 02:03:55,761
The studio had called and I didn't know,
1826
02:03:55,845 --> 02:03:58,263
I felt like,
"God, is it something l want to do?"
1827
02:03:59,307 --> 02:04:02,267
As much as l...
I really had a great time in Tokyo Drift,
1828
02:04:02,351 --> 02:04:06,688
I wasn't thinking...
This was very early on, and I wasn't sure.
1829
02:04:10,693 --> 02:04:16,615
I remember I was on this road trip
and Sung was there,
1830
02:04:17,492 --> 02:04:20,577
and we were at an Arby's or something,
1831
02:04:20,661 --> 02:04:22,829
and these kids saw him.
1832
02:04:22,914 --> 02:04:26,124
l think we were in the middle of nowhere
in Central California.
1833
02:04:26,209 --> 02:04:29,628
And they ran up to him and they were
talking about Han and Fast and Furious.
1834
02:04:29,712 --> 02:04:31,296
And at that moment I felt like,
1835
02:04:31,380 --> 02:04:34,257
"Okay. Well, you know what,
everything I was talking to Vin about,
1836
02:04:34,342 --> 02:04:37,135
"it could come true if Han can come back.
1837
02:04:37,220 --> 02:04:42,015
"Because that would create a dialog
for the mythology that we want to build."
1838
02:04:42,100 --> 02:04:45,310
And l remember
calling the studio at that point
1839
02:04:45,394 --> 02:04:48,688
and they said, "Yeah, you're back on."
And I said, "I need to have Han come back."
1840
02:04:48,773 --> 02:04:51,024
And they're saying,
"Why would you do that? He's dead."
1841
02:04:51,109 --> 02:04:53,527
And I said,
"Watch, this is gonna create discourse,
1842
02:04:53,611 --> 02:04:55,487
"and that's what's good for mythology."
1843
02:04:55,571 --> 02:04:59,407
And again, they went with it.
They trusted me, they went with it,
1844
02:04:59,492 --> 02:05:02,119
and those are the two big points.
1845
02:05:02,203 --> 02:05:06,665
And it's led to the evolution
and the building of this franchise
1846
02:05:06,749 --> 02:05:10,877
to a point that now we could actually
go back to Tokyo Drift.
1847
02:05:11,879 --> 02:05:16,383
It was great to be able to make that call
to Jason Statham and say,
1848
02:05:16,467 --> 02:05:19,302
"Hey, what do you think?
You wanna be in the next chapter?"
1849
02:05:19,387 --> 02:05:21,513
And him saying, "Of course."
1850
02:05:22,014 --> 02:05:24,015
And that, again, means so much,
1851
02:05:24,100 --> 02:05:28,103
because when I first signed on,
there was no original cast...
1852
02:05:28,604 --> 02:05:32,065
I don't think people were excited
to be in a Fast and Furious movie,
1853
02:05:32,150 --> 02:05:36,361
but we were able to build it to a point where
now everybody wants to be in it.
1854
02:05:36,445 --> 02:05:40,115
Believe me, I get caIIs,
everybody wants to be in it.
1855
02:05:40,199 --> 02:05:43,785
So it's been a pleasure to be a part of this.
1856
02:05:43,870 --> 02:05:47,622
And I know it's very rare to be able
to have such great partners,
1857
02:05:47,707 --> 02:05:50,709
and to be able to connect with the fans,
1858
02:05:50,793 --> 02:05:55,797
and to really build it to a point where
I can now hand it off to somebody eIse.
1859
02:05:57,133 --> 02:06:00,385
So, this is it, this really is it.
1860
02:06:00,469 --> 02:06:02,721
I'm very grateful.
1861
02:06:02,805 --> 02:06:06,308
And the fact that you're Iistening
to this commentary track means
1862
02:06:06,392 --> 02:06:09,895
you must really like this movie
and this franchise.
1863
02:06:09,979 --> 02:06:12,856
So l have to thank you. And that's it.
1864
02:06:12,940 --> 02:06:16,610
All right. So until the next film. Bye.