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What happened to Dwayne Johnson and ‘Fast & Furious X’?

In the argument of Fast & Furious X It is very important what happened in Rio de Janeiro, a few years ago. It was then that, in fast & furious 5Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his inseparable comrade Bryan O’Conner (Paul Walker) dealt an unforgettable blow to Hernán Reyes (Joaquim de Almeida), and dragged a safe through the streets of the city. In the tenth installment the son of Reyes, Dante (Jason Momoa) wants revenge for what happened.

[A partir de aquí spoilers de Fast & Furious X]

Fast & Furious X, which just hit theaters, centers on Dante’s attempts to punish Dom’s family, effectively putting him on the ropes. He works so hard that Fast & Furious X ends for the first time in the series with a cliffhangerquoting us for the next Fast & Furious X-2and perhaps also (according to Diesel at the premiere) to Fast & Furious X-3. The film at hand, on the other hand, doesn’t end solely on a disturbing note about Dom’s fate.

It also brings back two very special characters. Before the credits Gisele (gal gadot) comes back from the dead and appears on a submarine in front of Cipher (Charlize Theron) and Letty (Michelle Rodriguez). But it’s after the credits when Fast X delivers its main surprise: dwayne johnson, like Luke Hobbs, also returns. And everything indicates that he will be one of the main characters in the next film, which he would also direct. louis leterrier.

It makes sense, since Hobbs was involved in the Rio de Janeiro coup, and Dante also blames him for what happened to his father. Revenge also applies to him, but his return after all the drama that has united Johnson with fast & furious During the last years. Let’s recap briefly.

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Johnson debuted as Hobbs in fast & furious 5. Similar to O’Conner’s previously, Hobbs started out as a rival to Dom, and they shared a tough match before Johnson’s character decided to join the family. he came back in fast & furious 6 without problems, and also in fast & furious 7. coinciding with fast & furious 8where Hobbs gets more prominence by having to lead the family while Dom seems to have turned to the dark side, something happened.

Shortly after finishing filming, Johnson told Instagram that he had had problems with the “male co-stars” of the film. It was easy to attribute it to a disagreement with Diesel, since in addition to being the protagonist of the saga, he is its main producer (it was his interference, in fact, that led to justin lin will abandon Fast & Furious 10 in favor of Leterrier). Johnson’s words stung, and he subsequently had to rectify himself. But the damage was done.

Johnson starred hobbs&shaw with Jason Statham, and obtained a financial success with the film that apparently did not make Diesel particularly excited. Be that as it may, and after exchanging challenging statements, Diesel tried to be conciliatory on social networks: “Dwayne only has an older brother in the world of cinema and that’s me”. The Rock he took it as a patronizing comment, so it all blew up.

Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw
Fast & Furious Poster: Hobbs & Shaw

In interviews, Johnson assured that during the filming of fast & furious 8 things between him and Diesel were so tense that they had to shoot their scenes separately. Shortly afterwards it was learned that Johnson, for “schedule incompatibilities”would not be in fast & furious 9. It seemed that he didn’t mind continuing to play Hobbs, but the fact of working with Diesel made him lazy, and he also kept making statements to the media that irritated him.

Diesel, for example, admitted that he sometimes managed filming with a “heavy hand”, “not like Fellini, but I would do my best to get good performances.” Which only increased Johnson’s teasing, and everything looked very bad for them to be able to reconcile. So what happened so that Johnson suddenly returned to Fast & Furious X?

The prodigal son

Possibly, all the mess of Black Adam. Johnson has had the hits of him since he left fast & furiousfor example Red alert on Netflix, but he laid some tremendous claims on his debut for the Universe Dc. Black Adam had been brewing for years, after breaking away from Shazam! (where Johnson’s character was going to act as a villain) in the belief of The Rock and his partners that the anti-hero deserved a movie all to himself. He rolled her with Jaume Collet-Serrathe same one who had directed another vehicle for his show off quite well received, Jungle Cruise.

But Black Adam Did not go well. Not only did it disappoint critically and at the box office, but it was at the center of a ploy by Johnson to still ensure the existence of a sequel. While The Rock’s designs affected the development of Shazam! The fury of the gods (next film on the calendar, which had to modify its post-credit scenes at Johnson’s will), the actor’s partners had no other idea than to sell false collection figures to the media, and thus spread the idea that, despite to everything, Black Adam it had done well at the box office.

Johnson had previously convinced henry cavill to appear in the post-credits of Black Adam as Superman, de facto promising him a sequel to the man of steel in frank use of the power vacuum that existed in DC. But when James Gunn and peter safran They became leaders of DC Studios what was given was over: there was not going to be man of steel 2, and evidently Warner was not at all happy with The Rock’s antics. The public perception of the actor, moreover, had changed drastically.

It can even be said that the case Black Adam I would have humiliated him. The next thing we knew, she was going to star in the remake in real action Moana for Disney, after originally voicing the same character (Maui) in the animated version. In other words, Johnson has turned to a company where he felt safe after the DC debacle. And, since we continue on this path of media recovery, why not also go back to fast & furiouswhose fandom do you appreciate him that much?

It seems hard not to think that, in the reconciliation of Johnson and Diesel, Johnson has done more than he has. Because he needed it more. Perhaps he has swallowed his pride and decided to revisit a tried and tested franchise. Whether this is the reason or not, the truth is that the fans are in luck, because Hobbs has returned home. It’s the only thing that matters.

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