Helen Mirren to Furious Franchise?

Is Helen Mirren joining Vin Diesel in the Fast and Furious franchise? Here's what we know.

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00:00Is Helen Mirren appearing in Fast & Furious 8?

00:09Here's what we know.

00:14March 30th, the Oscar winner, British Dame, and recent recipient of the World Jewish Congress Award told Yahoo,

00:21My great ambition is to be in a Fast & Furious movie.

00:25Yes!

00:26Really?

00:27And in case you thought she wasn't serious, she sent this message to Vin Diesel at a movie premiere the same day.

00:33I've always wanted to be in a Fast & Furious movie and they've never asked me. I don't understand why.

00:37You know, Vin, get your act together.

00:40April 2nd, Vin gets his act together.

00:43Says he loves the idea and even comes up with a role for Helen on the spot.

00:47And it is...

00:48It's the matriarch to the Shaw Brothers.

00:53As in Deckard Shaw, Jason Statham's character in Furious 7. He was the bad guy. And I know this because he talks like this.

01:00I'm here for the team that crippled my brother.

01:03June 23rd.

01:04Wait, June 23rd? How is she not cast in the movie yet?

01:08Okay, fine.

01:09June 23rd.

01:11Vin declares his love for Helen Mirren once again.

01:14This time at the Universal Studios premiere of the new Fast & Furious ride.

01:18Says having her in the movie would be, quote, amazing.

01:21But will she be behind the wheel?

01:23Helen says yes.

01:24And if Vin saw what she can do with a used blue sedan, he'd send her shooting out of a plane.

01:30And maybe through a skyscraper.

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