Helen Mirren Wants In On 'Fast and Furious 8'

It's her "great ambition."

Mar 30, 2015
Image via Canada.com
Image via Canada.com

Billion dollar franchise, the Fast and Furious, is always asking itself: How can it be bigger? And now we might have an answer for Furious 8—or whatever they plan on calling it—add Dame Helen Mirren. The Academy Award winning actress, with a penchant for twerking and other feisty behavior, just revealed it is her “great ambition” to be a part of the franchise.

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“My great ambition is to be in a Fast and Furious movie,” said Mirren. “I so want to be a mad driver in a Fast and Furious movie. My claim to fame is I always do my own driving — I was on Top Gear, and I did [my lap] in a very good time. I keep putting it out there, and they never ask me. I’ll be in Fast and Furious 8.”

Besides the fact that Mirren is a badass (See: Red) she could give Furious 8 the Academy Award leverage it needs. ICYMI, Vin Diesel, who Mirren is a fan of, recently predicted that Furious 7 was going to win a Best Picture Oscar, but if that doesn’t happen, then there’s always the next one! 

This is what Mirren had to say about Diesel:

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“I have to say Vin Diesel is brilliant. I love Vin Diesel. He’s a great guy, smart — I love him. It’s partly because of him I’d like to be in one, but also the driving.”

C’mon! This needs to happen, like now. 

[via The Wrap]

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