![]() Of all the “gearheads who help out in garages”-a particularly rich character trope in the Fast universe-this guy is the most forgettable one. Earl (Jason Tobin) As seen in: The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift T-Pain is DJing an Emirati playboy’s party in Furious 7.) But Rousey’s delivery is so painfully wooden that the utter relief of her losing the fight doesn’t come because Letty won-it’s because you know that Kara won’t be in another scene. There are some pros to Rousey’s brief appearance in Furious 7: It’s super cool that she and Michelle Rodriguez brawl while wearing high-end ball gowns, and the thrilling fight sequence itself is highlighted by Letty throwing Kara and herself off a balcony and onto a DJ’s turntables. It’s an amazing gimmick, if you think about it: In comes a woman with unparalleled fighting skills and she goes and gets destroyed by a gearhead from East L.A. ![]() Kara (Ronda Rousey) As seen in: Furious 7įor a hot second, Fast was doing this thing where they’d cast the most popular female MMA fighter simply so that Letty could beat the shit out of them. ![]() Since getting through this exercise was the blogging equivalent of competing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, let’s not waste any more time: This is the Fast & Furious character ranking. The final result is an aggregate score of our individual rankings, which at times proved extremely contentious, especially when discussing whether or not 2 Fast 2 Furious’s Carter Verone is a good villain. We didn’t have a formal process for including characters, so long as they were given more than a few lines of dialogue or delivered a kick-ass action sequence or two-and we decided to include Hobbs & Shaw, even if Vin Diesel doesn’t. (I mean this as a compliment: This is a high-octane soap opera.) But who is the greatest Fast & Furious character of them all? Like any quarter-mile drag race, there can be only one winner.Īs such, three of The Ringer’s most passionate fans-myself, Andrew Gruttadaro, and John Gonzalez-have furiously debated about more than 50 characters from the franchise to see who comes out on top. The best of these larger-than-life figures are so beloved that they have, on multiple occasions, returned from the dead. If Universal has its way, the cars could even do a crossover event with the Jurassic World dinosaurs, because who among us hasn’t wondered how a Camaro would fare against a velociraptor?īut what elevates Fast & Furious into one of the century’s defining blockbuster franchises isn’t just the cool cars-or the endless Corona product placement-but the memorable characters behind the wheel. Illegal street racing and drifting through the bustling streets of Tokyo soon gave way to cars being parachuted out of planes, driving between skyscrapers in Abu Dhabi, battling Russian nuclear submarines, and, as heavily implied in the trailers for F9, leaving Earth’s orbit. In addition to two more ‘Fast & Furious’ movies, Vin was rumored to be in the latest ‘Avatar’ sequels, but that didn’t come to pass.The Fast & Furious franchise has spent two decades coming up with creative new ways to use cars. He notably voices the character of Groot in the MCU. Vin has also starred in the ‘XXX’ and ‘The Chronicles of Riddick’ film franchises. He leads the ‘Fast’ franchise as the one and only Dom Toretto, but that’s not all he’s been up to. Over the years, more ‘Fast’ family members have joined the crew, with Brie Larson, Jason Momoa, and Rita Moreno all joining the cast for the last two films.īut it was Vin who became a household name when the first movie came out. The first movie starred the core cast of Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, and Michelle Rodriguez. ‘Fx’ is sure to add to that number, with the newly released trailer hinting that the final films will be filled with action, suspense, and of course, heart. After 9 movies, the ‘Fast’ franchise has earned over $6 billion at the box office. ![]() The movie became a massive blockbuster and spawned one of the most successful movie franchises of all time. ‘The Fast & The Furious’ changed the game when it was released on June 22, 2001. Latest Hollywood Celebrity & Entertainment News Primary Menu Menu Close Menu
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