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After 22 years, Vin Diesel shows no signs of hitting the brakes on his Fast & Furious saga. Words Gill Pringle MOMOA'S ROAD RAGE

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S ay what you like about Vin Diesel - which Dwayne Johnson surely did, and yet even he has returned to the franchise - the actor has managed to keep the core cast of the original The Fast and the Furious (2001) together, including Michelle Rodriguez, Ludacris, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang, and Jordana Brewster. Over many missions and against impossible odds, Diesel’s Dom Toretto and his family have outsmarted and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, they confront the most lethal opponent they’ve ever faced: a terrifying threat emerging from the shadows of the past who’s fuelled by blood revenge, and who's determined to shatter this family and destroy everything - and everyone - that Dom loves, forever. Enter Jason Momoa in the extravagant fashionista form of Dante Reyes - the son of a Brazilian drug lord whom Dom’s team took out in 2011’s Fast Five on a bridge in Rio De Janeiro. What they didn’t know was that young Dante witnessed it all, and has spent the last 12 years masterminding a plan to make Dom pay. ”Dom has met his match,” says Fast & Furious X director Louis Leterrier. ”Dante is fluid - he's a snake. Not only has Dante analysed Dom for all this time, but he’s learned from Dom and is completely unpredictable.” Diesel has had his eye on the Aquaman and

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join forces. ”Jason is a massive talent who I had been watching, clocking,” says the actor. ”The character of Dante needed somebody who, at face value, you regard as a worthy and formidable adversary. It is unnerving to portray a character that masks such palpable pain and thinks in a way that’s so scary. That’s a feat by Jason, and it’s what makes Dante so entertaining.” Dante is unlike any villain the Fast franchise has seen before. Leterrier argues that the best villains are the ones you fall in love with,

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played a villain in about ten years, and the opportunity to have that role in this franchise meant so much to me,” he says. ”It was fun to figure out his specific balance of playfulness and psychopathy. Dom doesn’t understand how tricky and sly Dante is, and how Dante has duped him into his web.” Momoa considers Dante’s behaviour as having stemmed from the way he was treated by his father. ”If you’re always trying

someone ”whose target and goals you understand, and I think we did this with Dante,” he explains. ”And on top of that, Dante is so funny, and it throws everyone off. Dom is used to having

strong antagonists in front of him, but to have a slithery, slippery fan in front of him - who loves and adores him and knows his every next move - well, now that’s scary.” Momoa was excited

Game of Thrones star for many years, waiting for the perfect opportunity to

to impress someone larger than life, like Dante was to his dad, you’re going to feel like a failure,” he says. ”Dante has a lot of pent-up anger that he’s recovering from, and he ultimately just wants to hurt someone as a result of that.” What’s not to love about this truly awesome villain?

to infuse Dante with his own flair. ”I hadn’t

• Fast & Furious X is out on Aug 23

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