Fast X got here out at the beginning of the summer time, and it was…sort of a multitude within the worst means. However a real vibrant spot inside that mess is Jason Momoa as Dante Reyes, the son of Quick 5’s Hernan Reyes who’s come searching for revenge in opposition to Workforce Toretto. He’s foolish, he’s threatening, he’s sort of a homosexual techno Joker, and Momoa is clearly having a blast enjoying what’s in all probability one of the best villain in a sequence crammed largely with duds.
Over the course of the final film, Dante successfully shattered the Toretto clan in a number of completely different instructions, and lots of of their potential allies (like Jason Statham’s Deckard Shaw or Charlize Theron’s Cipher) are scattered or tousled in their very own troubles. With Dante returning as the primary villain for Quick XI, director Louis Leterrier guarantees that he’ll turn out to be an excellent better risk in the course of the sequel. Speaking to Empire Magazine, he teased that they’d “do one thing else” with Dante and his gleeful carnage for the following film. “It’s by no means twice the identical with Jason,” he continued. “Dante will actually evolve. Let’s discover one thing we haven’t seen earlier than.”
Leterrier credited Momoa for why Dante works so properly, saying the unique pitch for the character was only a man who was “fueled by vengeance.” Whereas it might’ve been simple for the actor to play the function as “darkish and indignant,” he counseled Momoa’s adaptability and willingness to experiment. “It was fascinating to play with the duality and the push-pull throughout the character, the place throughout the similar sentence he’s laughing and feels the ache of shedding all the things. Solely an actor like Jason may have achieved that.” What occurs subsequent with the character in Quick XI—and within the eventual second spinoff film for Dwayne Johnson’s Luke Hobbs—will equally rely upon Momoa and what route he appears like taking the character.
What different actually evil, hateable issues can Dante do after kidnapping Dom’s son, and making an attempt to explode a number of of his associates? We’ll discover out each time Quick XI releases within the close to future.
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