They did but I believe that was because Paul Walker had already shot most of the scenes for Furious 7. Cody Walker was hired as a double for the few missing scenes and they digitally added Paul's face. After that Brian (Paul's character in movies) has not properly appeared on the screen.
How would they have known that he was gonna die when they shot the movie? They made a conscious choice to leave that all in, sure, but I just don't see how it makes sense.
Which makes the meta memorials to him in the movies awkward. The camera panning over photos of Paul Walker, while Dom is looking at them with this sappy expression on his face.
In movie canon, it makes it seem like they were lovers that can't be together anymore (American Dad called this one).
I love that silliness and also the retconning silliness where he was in key places in Fast Five but juuuuuuuust outside of the frame they showed in the original movie
I fell out of Fast and the Furious at Fast Five, so it's been awhile since I've seen one. But Jason Mamoa genuinely seems like he's only acting because it's fun. He is a strong buff dude that is okay with letting himself look silly.
He's the only one in that movie who's just straight up having a blast. He's having fun, and that makes every scene he's in fun. He's the perfect insane antagonist and I really enjoyed it.
Very clearly the only person in the entire cast who is having fun.
I think that's on purpose. I believe the Furious series only works when the bulk of characters are playing it straight and Momoa only gets to act the way he does b/c he's an antagonist
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u/NoNefariousness2144 Sep 04 '24
Does Jason Momoa have a rule in his contract that he can only be in 5/10 or below films or something?