Could Eva Mendes Return For FURIOUS 8?
I don't know about you guys, but I loved Furious 7. It barely edges out Fast Five as my favorite movie in The Fast and The Furious franchise, and it contains some of the best action set pieces I've seen in years. I love this series and its surprisingly elaborate mythology and continuity, and now a new rumor says that continuity may be getting slightly more complex with a main character coming back for another ride.
El Mayimbe from Latino-Review dropped the following scoop this morning:
The return of Eva Mendes' Monica Fuentes character would make perfect sense for this series, which loves to bring back returning players as the adventures of Vin Diesel's Dominic Toretto and his #family continue. (Mendes was in 2 Fast 2 Furious and appeared in a post-credits scene in Fast Five interacting with Dwayne Johnson's Agent Hobbs.) Diesel has already mentioned some early thoughts for Furious 8, and bringing the Florida-based Fuentes up to New York would keep her on the East Coast and try to fill the hole that will surely be felt by Paul Walker's absence in the next movie.
And if that doesn't work, they could always bring Ja Rule back just for the hell of it. "Monicaaaaaaa!"