The Fast and the Furious - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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Fan of The Fast and the Furious or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to The Fast and the Furious

[marc]

Neal H. Moritz: driver of the black Ferrari.

[kristen]

When at the party after the first race, the song "Area Codes" by Ludacris can clearly be heard. Ludacris would go on to play Tej in numerous sequels in the franchise.

[dustin]

At the house party, Dom says to Brian, "You can have any beer you want, as long as it's a Corona." This is a reference to automobile innovator Henry Ford. Although he probably never said, "You can have any color you want, as long as it's black," and although the Model T to which he was supposedly referring was made in several colors (including a couple of shades of green and red as well as gray, blue, and several others), the phrase has long been attributed to him, the Model T was not available in black during its first years of production.

[morris]

The final race scene between Dom's Charger and Brian's Supra was also used as cover art for the 2002 racing video game Test Drive. Both cars are also available for use in the game.

[gabriel]

Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez were dating off-screen during filming, just as they did on-screen.

[miriam]

Jordana Brewster's last acting role for three years, until D.E.B.S. (2004).

[linda]

Rob Cohen: as the pizza delivery man who is blocked by the first race.

[alyssa]

During the barbecue scene, when Vince finally sits down, and they all start eating, while the camera is fading away from the table, you can hear Leon briefly say, "what? Did you go rent a movie or something?"

[amber]

Paul Walker was the first actor to be signed on. Vin Diesel took a bit more persuasion after several script changes had been made for him.

[steve]

Before the first race, Leon states that there is "a one eighty-seven in Glendale". Glendale is the birthplace of Paul Walker.

[brent]

Neither Michelle Rodriguez nor Jordana Brewster had driver's licenses or even learner's permits before production of the film.

[bryan]

The house used as headquarters for the FBI and LAPD undercover investigation is the same house that was used as Walter Matthau's house in Hanging Up (2000).

[gabriel]

During the house party scene, Vince is seen playing a Gibson Les Paul Custom Bullseye guitar. This is the exact same guitar that Zakk Wylde of Black Label Society also plays.

[alyssa]

The movie playing on television in Dom's house during the party is Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993), also directed by Rob Cohen.

[terry]

The Fast and Furious and X-Men franchises have often released the same installments of a franchise in the same year. X2: X-Men United (2003) and 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) were both released in 2003, X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) were both released in 2006, X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) and Fast & Furious (2009) were both released in 2009, X-Men: First Class (2011) and Fast Five (2011) were both released in 2011 and The Wolverine (2013) and Fast & Furious 6 (2013) were released in 2013. Furious 7 (2015) was originally set to be released in 2014, the same year as X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) however, Furious 7 then was pushed to 2015 after Paul Walker's death. The trend got back on track in 2017 with the releases of Logan (2017) and Dark Phoenix was released in 2019 as was Hobbs and Shaw, a Fast and Furious spin off film.

[morris]

The car Leon drives is a Nissan Skyline R33, which is not available in the United States and must be imported straight from Japan.

[manuel]

Paul Walker and Matt Schulze carefully choreographed the fight scene outside the grocery store, but when it came time to shoot, it didn't feel right. In the end, they just improvised.

[maureen]

Timothy Olyphant turned down the role of Dom Toretto, thinking the film would be too similar to another car-related film he had just been in, Gone in 60 Seconds (2000).

[bryan]

Only one other classic Mopar was used for the film besides Torreto's Dodge Charger. A 1969 Roadrunner featured during the Rave party the night before the Race Wars.