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Quick 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 brilliant spot inside that mess is Jason Momoa as Dante Reyes, the son of Quick 5’s Hernan Reyes who’s come on the lookout 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 the most effective villain in a sequence crammed largely with duds.
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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 snarled in their very own troubles. With Dante returning as the primary villain for Quick XI, director Louis Leterrier guarantees that he’ll change into a fair higher risk throughout the sequel. Speaking to Empire Journal, 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 really 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 will’ve been simple for the actor to play the function as “darkish and indignant,” he recommended Momoa’s adaptability and willingness to experiment. “It was fascinating to play with the duality and the push-pull inside the character, the place inside the identical sentence he’s laughing and feels the ache of shedding every thing. Solely an actor like Jason might have carried out 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 on Momoa and what path he appears like taking the character.
What different actually evil, hateable issues can Dante do after kidnapping Dom’s son, and attempting to explode a number of of his mates? We’ll discover out at any time when Quick XI releases within the close to future.
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