Jamie Foxx might’ve been a significant villain within the Quick & Livid franchise if an unused F9 concept had come to fruition. Taking part in a villain within the high-octane sequence has grow to be an enormous a part of Hollywood’s largest stars, with Jason Momoa, John Cena, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Jason Statham, and extra lending their skills to face reverse Vin Diesel’s Dominic Toretto and associates.
The sequence is all the time big-game looking with regards to its villain casting, and Barry Hertz’s new guide “Welcome To The Household” has now revealed it desperately wished Jamie Foxx to affix the franchise in F9. A post-credits scene was written “with the hope of that includes Jamie Foxx as a brand new villain,” nevertheless it by no means materialized.
This concept happened from the revolving door of discussions about F9‘s credit scene. Screenwriter Daniel Casey says within the guide, “We wrote postcredit button scenes for fairly a couple of totally different characters in F9, together with actors that we hoped would play the villains in Quick 10—individuals who weren’t even in these motion pictures, who you simply hoped to see. I believe we wrote eight totally different buttons for F9 till going with the one with Jason Statham.”
Foxx’s scene was a kind of different eight buttons. The guide would not embody any further info on how shut this casting got here to occurring. Foxx might have by no means even been contacted in regards to the potential franchise position. Or, he might’ve turned down the chance. He has by no means spoken about the potential for becoming a member of this saga, and nobody related to the movies has mentioned this plan both.
In any case, with out Foxx aboard, F9‘s credit scene went in a really totally different route. The guide notes that Gal Gadot’s return as Gisele in Quick X was written for F9, however that did not occur resulting from scheduling conflicts. This led the movie to make use of its stinger as an opportunity to have Han (Sung Kang) come face-to-face with Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham), establishing the #JusticeForHan payoff in Quick X.
Nonetheless, what the plan was for Foxx’s post-credits look is intriguing. He would have actually grow to be the primary villain of Quick X based mostly on this setup. Jason Momoa’s Dante occupied that position, however this may not have been so simple as Foxx taking part in Dante Reyes.
Quick X introduces the Brazilian villain because the son of Hernan Reyes, Quick 5‘s villain. Foxx is neither the proper age nor ethnicity to move as Hernan’s baby, suggesting that Foxx’s villain would’ve been a completely totally different character.
That does go away some room for the Quick & Livid franchise to nonetheless ship on this concept. If his character has not already been retooled into anyone else, then new entries within the sequence might all the time revisit the idea and attempt to get him on board.
It will actually be entertaining to see Foxx be a part of this saga someday. He makes nearly each character he performs as cool as may be, and his comedic and motion skills would lend themselves properly to a sequence like Quick & Livid. He’d don’t have any hassle chewing up the surroundings and standing against Diesel.
In spite of everything, if Quick & Livid credit scene concepts may be recycled for future installments, there is no stopping Quick 11 or one other movie from taking F9‘s concept and bringing Jamie Foxx into the fold, ought to he be concerned with becoming a member of this sprawling universe.
- Launch Date
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June 25, 2021
- Runtime
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143 Minutes