“‘I know you guys like Hollywood and all that, but if you want it to be realistic, this is how it really works, and I’m not going to be a slut in front of millions of people, so you’re going to lose me if you don’t change this.” “In order to keep it real, I had to school them,” Rodriguez told EW. Rodriguez’s pushback transformed the character from Dom’s “trophy girlfriend” to “this really layered character,” Brewster revealed in a 2021 EW oral history, in an era when the “Fast & Furious” films were far from the only Hollywood fare dominated by the male gaze.
(The film’s audience was also 75% nonwhite.)įellow original cast member Michelle Rodriguez has been the star most vocal in her criticism of the franchise’s depiction of women, dating back to the initial script’s depiction of her streetwise character Letty. Only 10% of action films featured female protagonists.īut women have been instrumental in elevating the “Fast” franchise to unprecedented heights, making up a reported near- half of moviegoers on “ Furious 7,” the first “Fast” picture to cross the billion-dollar mark in theaters.
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But every “Fast” so far - including 2019’s Dwayne Johnson- Jason Statham spin-off “ Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw” and the animated series “Fast & Furious Spy Racers” - has been led by Dom or his various brothers-in-musclebound arms.Ī March report by the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University found that women accounted for 38% of main characters and 37% of all speaking roles in the top 100 domestic movie releases of 2022, marginally up from the previous year. There’s so much at stake in these movies that I want to play more of a central role in it.”īrewster originated the role of Mia Toretto in 2001’s “ The Fast and the Furious,” reprised it in several sequels and briefly saw action in the 10th film, playing protector to brother Dominic Toretto’s ( Vin Diesel) young son, Little Brian. “What I’ve been fighting the most for is to not be in the babysitting seat, because that’s what’s frustrating,” Jordana Brewster said ahead of the worldwide release of “ Fast X” on Friday. With more than $6 billion in global box office counted and countless rules of physics wantonly violated onscreen, there’s one limit the 22-year-old “Fast & Furious” franchise hasn’t yet dared shatter: Audiences are still waiting for women to take charge in their own “Fast” vehicle.Īfter 10 testosterone-fueled features films, some of its longest-tenured franchise stars are too.
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