'The Fate of the Furious' Screenwriter Explains Dom's Betrayal
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Chris Morgan reveals how they come up with the idea to set Dom (Vin Diesel) against his family in the eight installment of the 'Furious' film series.

AceShowbiz - Ahead the release of "The Fate of the Furious", screenwriter Chris Morgan reveals how they come up with the idea of Dom's (Vin Diesel) betrayal. The eight installment of the "Furious" film series is set to hit theaters in the U.S. on April 14.

Chris explains, "I think that is a direct result of the last film. With 'Furious 7', everything that everyone had to go through considering the tragedy with Paul [Walker], and the real question during production - Do we shut down? Do we continue without him? What would that look like?"

"Is there a way to do it that would give a good tribute to him? We all linked arms and came up with what I think is a really good end of the film that let people have a cathartic moment. We shared that all together," he tells EW, "That movie came out, did really well, and technically could have been the end of the franchise."

Chris believes the "Furious" movie franchise will end if they don't give something different. "We all agreed that we weren't going unless there was a story that was so different, and really felt right for our characters," he shares, "For seven films, Dom and the crew worked together and solved a big problem, and they stayed together as family. We all started thinking, if we're gonna do something really different, let's take that and turn it on its head."

"What Dom has been preaching for seven films - family, family, family, that's the code you stick to it, no matter what - what happens if your father figure, your brother, the guy who has been giving you your moral compass for your entire life suddenly breaks his? It comes down to a question of faith. Do you hold close to that code anyway? Do you abandon it? I think that was what was most intriguing for us," he adds, "Just in terms of a bad guy for our team to go up against, we've seen them go after all sorts of bad guys. What happens if you have to go up against Dom?"

Chris praises Charlize Theron who plays the villainous character Cipher. "She's incredible to work with, incredible. We were pursuing her for a couple of films now, for the last couple. We would go to her and go, 'Listen, we're thinking about this, what do you think, can we do a character?' She was always interested, but we never found the right thing, it never worked out because of schedule, it didn't click because of this or that...What she wanted to play was someone who sets out to break Dom with the thing that is his greatest strength."

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