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![]() Now it’s two movies, so it’s the next five years of my life.” Image: Universal Pictures “I was like, Oh, yeah, that’s the relationship I want to be in for the next two years. The relationship Vin and I had just on Zoom was so real,” he explained. “What decided is meeting Vin, the rapport that we had. So go, go, go, go, and then I’m at the premiere.”īut despite the daunting task of being thrown into one of the world’s biggest franchises, a 45-minute call with Diesel was all it took to get Leterrier on board. “There was no second-guessing myself, like, Am I doing this right? and then notes and everything. “I didn’t have time to think about it, almost,” Leterrier said. In an interview with Polygon, Leterrier explained that he had to rely on instinct to make Fast X since he got dropped in after filming had already started. This is where Leterrier, a self-professed huge fan of the franchise, came into the picture. That left the series with a massive hole at its center. But Lin dropped out of directing shortly into filming, reportedly after a disagreement with Diesel. Lin, the writer-director who oversaw the franchise since Tokyo Drift and turned it into a bombastic action-blockbuster mainstay, was originally supposed to direct Fast X. But it turns out that Diesel was also key to convincing Louis Leterrier - director of the latest F&F movie, Fast X - to join the project late after Justin Lin’s departure, and to help guide the franchise to its chaotic, massive, two-part conclusion. It’s no secret that after 20-plus years of playing Dom Toretto, Vin Diesel is the beating heart of the Fast & Furious franchise, and the head of the family that keeps that franchise’s motor running.
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