After years of thinking that Sung Kang’s Han Lue had died during the events of Tokyo Drift/Furious 7, the character resurfaced during F9, with it being revealed that his death had been faked. However, Han didn’t return to the Fast & Furious fold alone, as during his time in hiding, he was looking after a girl named Elle, played as an adult by Anne Sawai. Strangely though, Elle was nowhere to be seen during Fast X, but Kang has shared that the 2023 new movie release was originally supposed to acknowledge her whereabouts.
Because Han and the rest of Dominic Toretto’s crew were so busy dealing with Jason Momoa’s maniacal Dantes Reyes, it makes sense why there wasn’t time to check in on Elle during the events of Fast X, but it was still unusual that she wasn’t mentioned at all. Thanks to the below statement from Kang while speaking with Insider, we at least now know that there were plans to reference her, but they were ultimately tabled:
