‘Furious 8’: Jordana Brewster Addresses Potential Return
Jordana Brewsterwas on a Television Critics Association panel for the second season ofSecrets and Lieson ABC, in which she will play a murdered wife seen in flashbacks. After the panel, Brewster spoke with reporters about the status ofFurious 8. SincePaul Walker’s death necessitated retiring his character Brian O’Conner, it’s been unclear whether Brewster’s characterMia Torettowould have to be retired as well. Brewster spoke with us about the possibility of her return.
“There hasn’t been discussion but I can kind of see it go either way,” Brewster said. “Mia is with Brian but on the other hand she’s still Dom’s sister. I don’t know. I’m not sure.”
Many cast members are confirmed to return, including Diesel,Dwayne Johnson, andJason Statham.F. Gary Grayhas been hired to direct, with shooting taking place in New York and possibly Cuba. All the cast and and filmmakers have acknowledged making the first film without Walker would be bittersweet, but are motivated to continue. That includes Brewster, if she is included.
“The best part was Paul and now it’s the fans,” she said. “I think the fans have a hunger for it which is amazing, but it’ll be different for sure.”
Furious 7made $1.5 billion, so aFurious 8was assured in some form.Vin Dieselhas teased the idea of trilogy, which would take the franchise through a tenth film. Walker and Brewster co-starred in the originalThe Fast and the Furiousin 2001, where O’Conner pursued Mia romantically as a way to go undercover with Dom (Diesel). After O’Conner was exposed as a cop, he and Mia reunited in the fourth filmFast & Furious, initially with some antagonism since Mia felt he had torn their family apart. By the end of theFast & Furious, Brian and Mia were helping bust Dom out of prison, and she became pregnant inFast Five.Furious 7ends in a tribute to Walker, with Brian playing with his children on the beach, finished with the fast and furious life.Furious 8is due in theatersApril 14, 2017.
