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How Jason Momoa Created His ‘Fast X’ Character (Dante) Himself, According to the Director · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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Speaker 2: Jason Imal won over fans of the Fast and Furious
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Speaker 2: franchise with his unhinged portrayal of the villainous Dante in
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Speaker 2: the most recent installment, Fast X. He's a larger than life,
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Speaker 2: unpredictable and playful bad guy, and much of the credit
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Speaker 2: of that personality goes to Jason himself. According to his
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Speaker 2: director Luis Letterier, he tells Empire Dante was fueled by vengeance.
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Speaker 2: In the script, Jason could have played it dark and angry,
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Speaker 2: but it was more interesting to play with the duality
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Speaker 2: and the push pull within the character, where within the
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Speaker 2: same sentence he's laughing and feeling the pain of losing everything.
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Speaker 2: Only an actor like Jason could have done that. Thankfully,
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Speaker 2: fans haven't seen the last of Dante. Fast X Part
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Speaker 2: two scheduled hit theaters in April of twenty twenty five.
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Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood.