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    The women of 'Fast & Furious' on their 'frustrating' 22-year fight not to be sidelined

    by Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times May 17, 2023 5 minutes
    Charlize Theron, who joined the franchise as cybervillain Cipher in“ Fate of the Furious” and returns in“ Fast X.

    With more than $6 billion in global box office counted and countless rules of physics wantonly violated onscreen, there's one limit the 22-year-old "Fast & Furious" franchise hasn't yet dared shatter: Audiences are still waiting for women to take charge in their own "Fast" vehicle.

    After 10 testosterone-fueled features films, some of its longest-tenured franchise stars are too.

    "What I've been fighting the most for is to not be in the babysitting seat, because that's what's frustrating," Jordana Brewster said ahead of the worldwide release of "Fast X" on Friday. "I want to play with more comedy. I want to play with more action. I want to play with unleashing energy. There's so much at stake in these movies that I want to play more of a central role in it."

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