One of the biggest twists from 2023’s Fast X wasn’t something from the movie itself, but rather its production in real life. Just one week into filming, Justin Lin, who’d directed five of the previous Fast & Furious movies, departed the blockbuster , resulting in Louis Leterrier taking over helming duties . At the time, it was reported that this move stemmed from “creative differences” with franchise lead Vin Diesel. Now new details have come out about why Lin left Fast X , and they come with some wild reveals about scrapped plot points involving Jason Momoa ’s Dante.
In an excerpt from Indiewire for the unauthorized book Welcome to the Family , which releases this week and covers the history of the Fast & Furious franchise, it’s mentioned that a “key source of discord”

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