How a Movie About Street Racing Put Hollywood in the Fast Lane | The Rundown

Описание: Barry Hertz, author of "Welcome to the Family: The Explosive Story Behind Fast & Furious, the Blockbusters that Supercharged the World" explains how a movie about street racers became one of the most popular movie franchises in history and changed Hollywood along the way.

00:00 – Intro
00:48 – Why write a book about the franchise?
01:32 – Did Universal help with the book?
02:12 – Why Universal stayed hands-off
02:31 – Impact on Hollywood over 25 years
03:06 – Who authored The Fast and the Furious?
03:46 – Diversity: Accident or design?
05:04 – Avoiding toxicity in fandom
06:34 – Is “family” the key to success?
08:02 – How do they keep the stories fresh?
09:17 – Chronology of the films explained
10:47 – Women in the franchise: Progress & challenges
17:34 – Casting Vin Diesel vs Timothy Olyphant
20:48 – Paul Walker’s tragic death & finishing Furious 7
22:30 – Did Fast pioneer digital resurrection in Hollywood?
23:47 – Dwayne Johnson joins: Franchise game-changer
25:44 – Fight math: Vin vs The Rock
26:14 – Current status of the franchise
28:06 – Has the series run out of gas creatively?
29:22 – Wildcard energy: Jason Momoa & others
30:34 – Barry’s favorite Fast & Furious film

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