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Hobbs & Shaw

10 thingstoknowabout the spinoff

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The first spinoff of the

hugely successful Fast

& Furious franchisestars

Dwayne“TheRock”Johnson

(47)asLukeHobbs– anex-

diplomatic security service

agent – and Jason Statham (51)

as Deckard Shaw, an assassin-

turned-ally. Dwayne not only

stars in the movie, his company,

SevenBucksProductions,also

producedit.

WhiletheFast&Furious

franchiseisknownfor

itsarray of drool-worthy

cars and high-octane action,

the spinoff veers more into

the world of spies and secret

agents.

“It’s an original story in a

sense as we’re starting a new

franchise,” says director David

Leitch (Deadpool 2, Atomic

Blonde). “So we want it to be a

little bit more grounded, a little

morecharacter-centric.”

Idris Elba (46) plays the

villain, Brixton. The Gold-

en Globe winner shared

his excitement about introduc-

ing his character to the world

onInstagram,writing,“The

name:Brixton.Therecord:

undefeated.Excitedtowreak

havoc, hell and mayhem as one

of the most badass villains the

Fast & Furious franchise has

ever seen!”

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Fast & Furious co-star
and producer Vin Diesel
(52) doesn’t feature in
the spinoff. He and The Rock
had a bust-up during the final
weeks of filming 2017’s The
Fate of the Furious. At the time
Dwayne took to social media,
calling the behaviour of some
ofhismaleco-starsunprofes-
sional.Aftervarioustweets
flyingtoandfro,thetwoap-
parently resolved their differ-
UNIVERSAL PICTURES ences. Vin later said the feud

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wasblownoutof.

“It’snotalwayseasybeingan

alpha.Andit’stwoalphas.

Beinganalphaissometimes

a paininthe(butt).”

5

TheRockhasbeenpart

oftheFast&Furious

franchiseforlongerthan

hisBritishcounterpart.Heen-

teredthefranchiseinthefifth

moviein 2011 whileJasonen-

teredintheseventhin2015.

Overtheyearsthetwohave

builtupa funandcompetitive

friendshipwheretheyoften

jokeininterviewsabouttheir

desiretoone-upeachother.

Oneofthefilm’ssexiest

newfacesisMexicanac-

tressEizaGonzález(29).

TheAlita:BattleAngelstarwas

apparentlya last-minuteaddi-

tion.Sourcessayexecswanted

herinthemovie,evenagreeing

toworkaroundherschedule

toincludeher.Sheplaysa

mysterious character called

Madame M.

7

On the subject of beauti-

ful women, British ac-

tress Vanessa Kirby (31)

of Mission: Impossible – Fallout

(2018) and The Crown fame also

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. haw’s sister,
who also happens to be an MI5
agent,whileHelenMirren(74)
returnsastheirmother.

Anothernewfaceis

Eliana Sua, who plays

Hobbs’ young daughter,

Sam. Dwayne posted a pic of

the two of them on Instagram

with the caption, “Eliana was

super shy (and excited) about

how I’d announce her being cast

in our movie. So, I figured we’d

take baby steps and start with

my 122 million+ IG family and

friends around the world!”

9

The Fast & Furious fran-

chise is one of the most

successful movie series

ofalltime.It’smademorethan

$5billion(R71bn)atthebox

officefromtheeightmovies

sofar.

There could be

morespinoffsin

theworksand

maybe even a women-only one.

Vin hinted at it in a video post-

ed on social media earlier this

yearinwhichhegavea shout-

outtoUniversal“forwanting

myfemale spinoff concept and

my other spinoff concept”. S

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