fast and furious franchise as you know
has many familiar faces including Vin
Diesel and Dwayne Johnson now the eighth
installment the fate of the Furious
welcomes a new star oscar-winning
actress Charlize Theron one thing I can
guarantee no one's ready for this every
action movie needs a bad guy or in the
case of the fate of the Furious a bad
girl I gotta tell you this whole saving
the world Robin Hood nonsense you've
been doing recently it's not you
you are the first female villain in a
fast and furious movie how does what
they tell me yeah what how does that
feel it's good I mean it's good it's
good it's it's uh it's an honor men kind
of owned this real estate and so it's
nice to finally kind of have a studio
back a woman to go and play a psychotic
villain
Shirley's there and play cipher a hacker
with evil intentions see your team is
about to go up against the only thing
they can't handle what's up
you you play a villain in this movie you
played a villain in the Huntsman movies
is there something you're trying to tell
us yeah I have also been doing this for
20 years plus so it's not too bad right
that's not too bad is just yeah this is
like my Picasso blue period this is like
my villain period yeah with this movie
Baron stepping into the 8th chapter of a
wildly popular franchise it's a new
addition we'll familiar family Michelle
Rodriguez was actually with me funny and
great she was just kind of everyday just
cheering me on and us and yes I was
being as bad as I needed to be and it
was a really good experience are you
discovering just how passionate these
fans are yeah I mean I saw a new but
this is like in a whole different level
it's beautiful it really is beautiful
how's that honeymoon going Dom part of
the film is set in Havana the first
major studio movie shot in Cuba since
the US embargo was imposed in 1963
welcome experience for Theron the South
African actress once produced a
documentary about the country I like the
people a lot they were mining
south africans particular leisure
Brazilian and they're full of life and
they're just really warm people Cuba
also has its own distinctive car culture
making it the perfect setting for a
series that lives on wheels
even if Aaron's character does not these
movies are known for intense car chase
scenes incredible fight scenes do you do
any of that in this movie I do nothing I
sit like this in a chair and I do I say
mean things you should be interesting
and leave the stunts to everyone else
yeah they do it so well I think I'm not
gonna try and mess with something that's
working that well I have to say that you
do like aggressively tight
I do aggressively tight that's cuz I
don't know how to type thanks for
pointing that out so I just thought go
aggressive but she's all action in
atomic blonde a movie throughout this
summer that called for three months of
heavy duty training can we officially
call you
Charlize Theron action star Wow um I'm
not gonna say no to that as she says yes
to her villainous side in this
blockbuster franchise you you are why I
live only a quarter-mile at a time when
you can live your whole life that way
Farren says she did have fun playing a
character outside of the norm someone
who she says takes a sledgehammer to the
relationships formed by all of the other
characters in the franchise the fate of
the Furious from our sister company
Universal hits theaters on Friday hello
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