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Go!
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installment on today's episode.
You guys really loved all the tasty hoots and hot cans in parts one and two.
And with 'The Fate of the Furious' coming out next week,
we kind of don't have a choice.
Much like the 'Fast and Furious' movies themselves,
it seems that us having to do more episodes on them is never going to end
- You get style points for that one.
- Whoo!
- It's not soul crushing.
Here are seven more things you didn't know about the 'Fast and Furious' movies,
probably.
- I'm "Mr Nobody".
- It's a big entrance for a nobody.
- "Kurt Russel", "Mr Nobody" in 'Furious 7' is rumored to have a much larger
role in 'The Fate of the Furious', but you probably didn't know that"Mr.
Nobody" could have been played by "Denzel Washington".
The studio wanted him for the part but "Denzel" turned it down.
They also considered "Halle Berry" before "Kurt Russel" was finally cast.
The main idea was the studio wanted a big name, so they'd have some star power
already in place when "Mr Nobody" is more in the forefront in the upcoming film.
After all, they wouldn't want some C-lister screwing up the beer commercial
that happens in the middle of the movie.
- Would you like one?
- I'm more of a Corona man myself.
- (Sound) - God, that's, let's move on.
You remember this part from 'Furious 7' with "Hobbs" watching a football game
in the hospital when it quickly gets cut off by breaking news?
Well, I'll bet you didn't know that "The Rock" was actually watching one of
his own college games.
- (Sound) - The game playing on the TV was from his
days at the University of Miami and he's the number 94 the announcer is talking
about, sacking the quarterback right before the news interrupts.
So, now you know that, next thing.
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The summer movie season unofficially kicked off with 'Logan' and
it'll be full underway with 'The Fate of the Furious'.
- Damn. - What most people don't know is,
movies from 'The Fast and the Furious' and
the 'X-Men' franchises have almost always been released in the same years.
It started with 'X-Men 2' and '2 Fast 2 Furious' in 2003 and their cycles more or
less stayed in sync from there on out with 'The Last Stand' and
'Tokyo Drift' both in 2006, 'X-Men Origins Wolverine' and 'Fast and
Furious' in 2009, 'X-Men First Class' and 'Fast Five' both in 2011.
It only fell out of sync when the release of 'Furious 7' was pushed from
2014 to 2015, meaning it wouldn't line up with 'X-Men Days of Future Past'.
But hey, they're still five for six,
which is (Bleep) most of them.
- We've got company.
Batsy, batsy, batsy.
- It recently became technically accurate to say Academy Award winning film,
'Suicide Squad'.
- For 'Suicide Squad', "Alexander Bertolotzy", "Giorgio Gregory" and
"Christopher Nelson".
- (Applause) - So you might be surprised or enraged to
hear that the Golden Globe nominated film 'Furious 7' is equally true.
It was the first film in the franchise's history to earn such a nomination and
it's definitely worth mentioned that the nomination was actually for
Best Original Song, as it sure as (Bleep) wasn't for best screenplay or acting.
- It was hotter than I thought it would be.
- Yeah, well we are in the desert so, it would be hot.
- No, I ain't talking about the weather.
- The song in question was 'See You Again' by "Wiz Khalifa" and "Charlie Puth".
And no, we can't play it because the YouTube bots will ruin us.
So, let's just move on.
- (Sound) - We mentioned earlier that "Kurt Russell"
was almost "Denzel Washington".
But an even bigger what if was that "The Rock" was almost "Tommy Lee Jones".
- Jesus Herald Christ on a (Bleep) rubber crutch this is happening to me.
- Agent "Hobbs" was originally going to be a much older character and
"Tommy Lee Jones" was the prototype.
The reason they switched from "Jones" to "The Rock", Facebook.
Evidently some fan said on Facebook that he wanted to see "Vin Diesel" square off
against "The Rock" on screen.
"Diesel" saw the comment took the idea to "Justin Lin" when they were filming
'Fast Five' and the rest is history.
- You're going down "Toretto".
- I'm right here.
- Now with "Vin Diesel", "The Rock", "Tyrese", "Jason Stattham" and
"Djimon Hounsou",
'Fast and Furious' movies have a 100% market share of bald, beefcake actors.
- Hey "Mia"!
You better hide your baby oil.
I'm just playing.
- You better hide that big ass forehead.
- (Laugh) - I was just joking.
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- We covered in our previous episode that 'Tokyo Drift' actually takes place between
'Fast and Furious 6' and 'Furious 7'.
And if you've seen all the films you already know how that all works out.
But from a cohesion standpoint, it almost didn't.
The scene with "Vin Diesel" in 'Tokyo Drift' was only crowbarred in after really
poor test screenings of 'Tokyo Drift'.
- You know this ain't no ten second race.
- I got nothing but time.
- "Diesel" agreed to appear in the film if Universal agreed to give him the rights to
the 'Riddick' franchise, rights which he then used to make 'Riddick' in 2013.
Not a bad deal for half a days work.
For those of you who are wondering why they keep making these movies,
well I'm currently wondering why you would still be watching this video.
The point is, the 'Fast and Furious' franchise is ridiculous, but
it's also ridiculously profitable.
Let's talk numbers, because they just keep going up.
'Furious 7' made $384 million worldwide on its opening weekend.
That's more than what the first film made in its entire theatrical run.
And make no mistake, the first film was no dud, it made $207 million worldwide.
'Furious 7' also has the distinction of being the first film in the franchise to
make over $1 billion worldwide.
It's the second highest grossing film in the entire history of Universal,
the first being 'Jurassic World'.
There's more.
'Furious 7' also reached the $1 billion milestone faster than 'Avatar'.
It was the fastest film to make that much money until it was dethroned, again, by
'Jurassic World' which was soon dethroned itself by 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens'.
And as of this episode's air date,
'Furious 7' is still the sixth highest grossing film of all time.
Which means there's probably no end in sight for these films.
Which also means, I think I need a drink, maybe a Corona.
- (Sound) - Wait, no!
That's all for this one.
And all of our goofing on the franchise aside, let us know in the comments if
you're going to see 'The Fate of the Furious' next week.
Or, if you've already seen the eighth installment of 'The Fast and
Furious' leave an eight word review in the comments section.
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