In Fast X, Jason Momoa plays a villain more unhinged than any antagonist we’ve seen in the Fast & Furious franchise. He’s out for revenge against Vin Diesel’s Dominic Toretto and his found family, but he’s a sadist who craves suffering more than straight assassination, and he goes to some crazy lengths in order to get it. As you can probably surmise, Momoa gives a wild performance as Dante Reyes – but it turns out that what we see in the final cut of the film may not actually be the most extreme version of the character.
As of this past Friday (when I interviewed him as part of a virtual roundtable), Jason Momoa hadn’t had the opportunity to see Fast X, but he revealed during the conversation that there are versions of scenes he filmed where he went way over the top. I asked him if there were degrees to his performance as Dante Reyes and if he modulated his wildness from take to take, and the actor not only confirmed that this was the case, but he is evidently hoping that the movie doesn’t feature him at his peak insanity. Said Momoa,
