Fans of The Fast & the Furious film franchise were treated to some behind-the-scenes drama when (sometimes) singer/actor Tyrese Gibson went in on his co-star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in October. Gibson was infuriated that Johnson was working on a Fast & the Furious spin-off film based on Johnson’s character, Hobbs. But in a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Johnson said he refused to be dragged into the “bullshit.”
“At the end of the day, the only thing I want to do is make a great movie for the fans,” Johnson explained. “I never ever get wrapped up in the sludge of the bullshit that can be connected at times to a franchise. So I never get dragged into it. I never respond to any of that.”
As part of Gibson’s original rant, he threatened to leaveTheFast & the Furious family if Johnson was going to be involved, but Gibson eventually backpedaled and offered Johnson some form of an apology.
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Bottom line, Johnson just wants to deliver solid work for TheFast & the Furious audience.
“It’s been a challenging process,” he said. “Because I feel like my intention from day one, when I first joined the cast, was to hopefully come in, have fun, and create a character that people will hopefully like and try to elevate the franchise.”
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Despite Gibson’s disapproval, Hobbs & Shaw will be the first Fast & Furious spin-off, and is anticipated for a 2019 release in 2019. The Fast & the Furious 9 is expected to hit cinemas sometime in 2020. The eight installment of the franchise, The Fate of the Furious, was released in April.
Revisit the official trailer above.
