And Rodriguez is the first to say “Oui” to all that. “Trust me, at the beginning, I was like two weeks in with no director. I’m like, ‘What are we gonna do?’” she explained.
Enter the Frenchman: “He came with all this energy of love. We haven’t had that in Fast and Furious for a very long time where we get somebody excited who’s a real fan and who really wants to take it places that it hasn’t gone before. We’ve been at it for 20 years, bro. After all that time, you get jaded and kind of forget what you do it for [until] a director like Louis comes in and reminds you, ‘This is beautiful. Let’s go make magic.’ We’re so lucky to have him bro.