Why Justin Lin Left Fast X Revealed, Vin Diesel Movie Had Wildly Different Ending

The reason why Justin Lin left Fast X has been revealed.

Fast X is the tenth film in the main Fast & Furious series. The movie is directed by Louis Leterrier, while the screenplay comes from Lin and Dan Mazeau.

Prior to Leterrier, the movie was going to be directed by Lin, who helmed a number of other movies in The Fast and The Furious franchise, including 2011’s Fast Five. Lin, however, left the project after filming had already begun due to creative differences.

Why did Justin Lin leave Fast X?

Per IndieWire, a new, unauthorized book titled Welcome to the Family documents the history of the Fast and Furious franchise. An expert from this novel highlights what happened on the set of Fast X and why a disagreement over the film’s ending led Lin to walk away.

“According to several high-level sources in the production, Lin had hit his breaking point over the steadily increasing creative tensions with [Vin] Diesel, as well as difficulties with the star’s sister/producer, Samantha Vincent, who often acted as Diesel’s emissary. A key source of discord centered around the script and its ending. While a cliffhanger was always part of the Fast X plan, several drafts of the screenplay also hinged on a jaw-dropping twist in which Dante is revealed to be the true father of Little Brian. 

“Some members of the film’s team felt that the late-game turn was the perfect, if deeply dark, way for Dom to reckon with the concept he held most dear: family. The proud patriarch of the Fast clan would have to put his life on the line for a child who wasn’t biologically his own — who was in fact the offspring of his most feared nemesis. Others, including Diesel, felt differently.

“Universal was said to be extremely hands on during the entire process, and reportedly also not keen on Lin’s vision for the final action set-piece, an especially over-the-top sequence that involved Dante using a giant excavator-like machine to wreak havoc…After a heated closed-door meeting on Saturday, April 23, Lin reached his limit, threw up his hands, and quit.”

Second-unit director and cinematographer Alexander Witt further said of Lin’s plan for the final action set-piece, “It’s difficult to describe, but this machine eats things…the bad guy goes down, gets into this machine, comes out and starts eating cars, and it’s like a Transformers movie. It was totally out of context with the movie, I thought.”

Source: Comingsoon.net