{"id":671103,"date":"2026-10-31T18:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T18:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/671103\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T18:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T18:50:10","slug":"helen-mirren-wants-to-be-in-the-last-fast-and-furious-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/671103\/","title":{"rendered":"Helen Mirren Wants To Be in the Last \u2018Fast and Furious\u2019 Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

It feels like we\u2019ve been waiting forever for Fast Forever<\/a>. Ever since 2023\u2019s Fast X ended on a cliffhanger where Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his son Brian (Leo Abelo Perry) get caught up in an exploding dam, fans have been eagerly awaiting the next installment. Vin Diesel has said the movie will be coming in 2028 and while a Peacock TV show<\/a> of the franchise was recently announced for 2028 as well, it still seems that Fast Forever will be the final film.<\/p>\n

Being that this will likely be the final theatrical outing for the series, everyone is vying for the return of their favorite characters like Dwayne Johnson\u2019s Luke Hobbs and Jason Statham\u2019s Deckard Shaw. But personally, I\u2019m also hoping we\u2019ll see some of the deeper cuts like Helen Mirren\u2019s militia leader Magdalene “Queenie” Ellmanson-Shaw, who is also the mother of Statham\u2019s character.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why, when Mirren recently sat down with Polygon to promote her new film A Talent for Murder, I asked her if she\u2019ll be returning for the final installment.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, in my dreams,\u201d said Mirren.<\/p>\n

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\n Image: Universal Pictures\/Everett Collection<\/p>\n

Mirren\u2019s co-star in A Talent for Murder is Alden Ehrenreich, who was with her for the junket interview. After hearing the question, Ehrenreich (who clearly needs to catch up on the Fast franchise) asked Mirren, \u201cAre you in them?\u201d<\/p>\n

Mirren replied, \u201cYes, briefly, very, very briefly. They sort of squeeze me in somewhere, only because Vin is incredibly kind to me and I thank him for the opportunity to be in them.\u201d<\/p>\n

For those who need reminding, Mirren has actually been in four of the Fast and Furious films, beginning with 2017\u2019s The Fate of the Furious. According to an interview Mirren did with People<\/a>, she was cast after meeting Vin Diesel at a party and literally begging him to find a part for her.<\/p>\n

Nearly a decade after her debut in the franchise, it’s clear her excitement hasn\u2019t diminished. \u201cIn my dreams,\u201d Mirren reiterated to me. \u201cI hope they might squeeze me in \u2014 give me a little space somewhere.”<\/p>\n

Hopefully word gets back to Vin Diesel, as Helen Mirren seems as eager for the next installment as the fans are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It feels like we\u2019ve been waiting forever for Fast Forever. Ever since 2023\u2019s Fast X ended on a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671104,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[93,61,60,270],"class_list":["post-671103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}