Jordana Brewster Advocates for Character Agency in Fast & Furious Franchise
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One of the stars of the Fast & Furious franchise revealed her "biggest wish" for the upcoming film after the series "lost nuance."
Jordana Brewster, who has played Mia Toretto in several Fast & Furious movies, is looking forward to Fast Forever, which will be released in 2028. In an interview with , the actor opened up about what she hopes to see in the final installment. She wants there to be a full-circle moment, where it "harken[s] back to the first one."
Brewster acknowledged that her character, Mia, became "more and more passive" the longer the franchise has gone on, so she wants her to "drive her story and not react to everything else around her. Agency, that's my biggest wish."
“In the final one I would like to harken back to the first one. Mia gradually became more and more passive. I want her to drive her story and not react to everything else around her. Agency, that’s my biggest wish.”
Family is one of the biggest themes in the . Mia Toretto is a parent in the films, and Brewster wants to see her have to deal with raising teenagers, especially teenage boys. "I'd love to see Mia lose her stuff on her kids," she said. "Hardcore, stripped mom dealing with teenagers."
“There is something so hard about parenting boys. I’d love to see how she handles that, especially with all this gentle parenting. I’d love to see Mia lose her stuff on her kids. Hardcore, stripped mom dealing with teenagers.”
, and it can be easy for filmmakers to rely a lot on visual effects and green screens. Brewster believes that the franchise has "lost [its] nuance" over the years as the visual effects have become more prominent.
Practical effects and stunts were utilized more often in the early years, which Brewster thinks fondly of, especially when she shared scenes with Paul Walker, who died in 2013. "It was fun to shoot it more practically," she explained. "You don't have to make up the adrenaline."
The actor went on to say that filming scenes in front of a green screen feels "inorganic" because the actors can't see what the characters are supposed to be looking at. Practical effects bring a "level of precision" that can't be replicated with visual effects. "It's also fun with the crew because they're leaning out of the car with us," she added.
“I could rely on [Paul Walker]. He loved driving. He was obsessed with cars. He knew how to make things look really cool. It was fun to shoot it more practically. You don’t have to make up the adrenaline. There is something inorganic about being in front of a green screen. It’s like, the mountain is this way! It’s kind of cheating. There is a level of precision [when it’s practical]. It’s also fun with the crew because they’re leaning out of the car with us.”
Before joining the action franchise, Brewster was best known for starring as Nikki Munson in the soap opera As the World Turns. She's also starred in projects like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Chuck, the Dallas revival, American Crime Story, the Lethal Weapon TV show, and Neon.
But it's her role as Mia that has had a massive impact on Brewster's career and earned her several nominations at the Teen Choice Awards and a win for Choice Movie Actress: Action. She was cast in the very first movie, The Fast and the Furious, which was released in 2001 and spawned a $7.4 billion franchise consisting of 10 main films, , two short films, and the animated series Fast & Furious Spy Racers.
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After 2001's The Fast and the Furious, Brewster returned for Fast & Furious, Fast Five, Fast & Furious 6, Furious 7, F9, and Fast X. She's expected to , which is being directed by Louis Leterrier from a script by Michael Lesslie.
Fast Forever will be released in theaters on Friday, March 17, 2028.
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Dominic Toretto -
Deckard Shaw -
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Tyrese Gibson Roman Pearce
Fast X: Part 2 continues the high-octane saga as the eleventh installment in The Fast Saga, directly following the events of Fast X.
Release Window Spring 2028 Main Genre Executive Producer(s) Chris Morgan Expand Collapse
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