Fast and Furious (2001)
Neither Michelle Rodriguez nor Jordana Brewster had a driving license before working at the beginning of the saga. In fact, Rodriguez, who has been seen several times having had road safety mishaps, said that working on the movies gave him some bad driving habits. On the other hand, the Race Wars driving contest featured in the film brought together over 1,500 car enthusiasts heading to San Bernardino International Airport to populate the scene. In addition, the Volkswagen Jetta that Jesse drives in the Race Wars was later bought by Frankie Muniz, actor of Malcolm the middle.
Fast and Furious 2 (2003)
Several scripts were written in the second installment of the saga, one in which Vin Diesel appeared, in case he wanted to return, and one without him. Despite being offered $ 25 million to perform, Diesel thought the script was literally rubbish. On the other hand, Walker drives his own car, a Nissan Skyline G-TR in the film, and also provided some own driving tricks. In addition, the Miami house belonging to villain Carter Verone was owned by Sylvester Stallone.
Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
The study asked Vin Diesel to make a cameo on some tests that were not well received. However, Diesel only made them in order to get the rights to the Riddick franchise. On the other hand, more than 100 cars were destroyed during the recording of the third film of the saga. In addition, since Tokyo does not grant filming permits, the staff had to put a lot of effort into their recording, with actors walking around busy streets between real pedestrians. At one point, they were seen by police and production was canceled. The dead villain Han reappears in the fourth film because the action takes place before Tokyo Drift. Chronologically, this is actually the sixth of the saga.
Fast and Furious 4 (2009)
After the opening sequence, Han says he plans to go to Tokyo, a reference to his fate revealed in the previous film in the saga. However, still no go and no one does until the end of fast and furious 6. The iguana belonging to the driver of the truck is negotiated his ice cream one occasion, despite being without food for two weeks. The "licking" was finally added in post-production. Diesel wrote, directed and starred in a 20-minute prequel called Los Bandoleros, showing how the band met before the oil tankers were looted.
Fast and Furious 5 (2011)
Johnson was chosen after Vin Diesel asked his fans on Facebook some ideas. One suggested writing a villain role for The Rock, so they did. This was the most expensive film in the series so far; The sequence of the train robbery cost $ 25 million, and involved the purchase of a section of railroad in Mexico and a royal train to exploit it. The human waste that is seen leaping through the air from the police station is actually oats. Finally, it is in this movie when we know that Han's full name is Han Seoul-Oh.
Fast and Furious 6 (2013)
They had a real tank in the action sequence of Owen Shaw directing an armored combat tank along a highway; It was specially modified to be able to drive at 60 mph. A race through London was started by Rita Ora at Somerset House, by Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square, Trafalgar Square, Charing Cross and much more, being most of it shot in Glasgow and Liverpool. However, Ora was inserted digitally long after filming. Although the tank scene was set at Piccadilly Circus, the idea was dropped because it was almost impossible to record.
Fast and Furious 7 (2015)
There are very few computer generated images (CGI) in the scene showing cars equipped with parachutes jumping from an airplane. The actual cars were launched from the back of a C-130, followed by true cameramen in wing suits. Horror film director James Wan said he still cries every time he sees the end, in which character Paul Walker says goodbye to the franchise. To thank the rulers of the United Arab Emirates for allowing the cast to shoot in Dubai, Vin Diesel personally presented himself to Princess Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum with a black Dodge Challenger as the one driven by his character. To make matters worse, more than 230 cars were destroyed during the filming.
There are some small details in the penultimate film of the saga that could have been overlooked. If you have noticed, in one scene, The Rock is in the hospital with a cast on his left arm. However, a fan noticed that while he is in the hospital, he is looking at some football game. Do you know what is it about? It is from a party on November 16, 1991 between the Miami Hurricanes and the Florida State Seminoles. That defensive tackle that appears on the scene is none other than Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Therefore, The Rock, like Hobbs, is sitting in a hospital bed watching a game where he himself is making a great play.