American actor and star of the famous sequel, ‘ F9: Fast & Furious’, Tyrese Gibson has made some suggestions for the movie cast including music superstar, Rihanna, two-time Academy-Award winner Matt Damon, and Denzel Washington.
Tyrese Gibson, who plays Roman Pearce in the franchise, made this request during a round table for The African-American Film Critics Association about who he would like to see join the franchise. He suggested the stars join the franchise for various reasons.
“Rihanna has to be in the next movie. She’s going to kill every red carpet there is… I just love her spice, she’s sexy, she’s a bad girl, and I think energy-wise, she’d be perfect for the Fast and the Furious. I’m putting that out there.
“I’m putting Matt Damon out there also because he’s a part of the Bourne franchise and that’s another Universal franchise. And I’m also putting Denzel Washington out there who’s the reason I started acting in the first place. Hopefully one of my requests that I’m putting in the universe will happen”.
Well, it is worth noting that Rihanna actually has a working history with longtime ‘Fast & Furious’ director Justin Lin, as she composed and sang the original song ‘Sledgehammer’ for his 2016 film, ‘Star Trek Beyond’.
That notwithstanding, Denzel Washington has taken on more action roles in the latter half of his career like ‘The Magnificent Seven’ and ‘The Equalizer’.
More so, Matt Damon has made himself a nice side career as he is seen in films such as ‘EuroTrip’, ‘Thor: Ragnarok’, and ‘Deadpool 2’, meaning that if the actor was willing and Universal allowed it, they could allow him to be a part of the sequel.
Fans hope for a possible crossover
Meanwhile, the hopes of a ‘Jason Bourne’ and ‘Fast & Furious’ crossover fall in line, with many of the stars of the franchises talking about potential crossovers. Gibson has spoken previously on wanting to see the Transformers in a future film, despite that being a Paramount property.
Many have also joked about a potential ‘Jurassic World’ and ‘Fast & Furious’ crossover since they are both major Universal Pictures properties. F9 even featured a fun in-joke, referencing Universal-owned Illumination Entertainment, ‘The Minions’. However, the possibility of ‘Jason Bourne’ joining the franchise after F9 may seem unlikely but not entirely impossible.
The ‘Fast & Furious’ franchise has grown since its humble beginnings in 2001 as a street racing film to become Universal Picture’s most successful film franchise. With the release of F9, the franchise has now raced past the X-Men series to become the fifth highest-grossing film franchise of all time.
Along the way, the cast of the Fast & Furious franchise has grown to feature a wide variety of actors. The franchise that started with Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michell Rodriguez, and Jordana Brewster has now grown to feature musicians (Ludacris, Bow-Wow, and Cardi B), professional fighters (Dwayne Johnson, John Cena, and Gina Carano), and even Academy Award winners (Helen Mirren and Charlize Theron). Each film adds impressive new members to the franchise history and with the next two installments set to be the last ones, it is safe to assume the filmmakers will want some big names.
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