New Photo of Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham in HOBBS AND SHAW and First look at Eiza Gonzalez as Madam M
Hobbs and Shaw recently wrapped filming in London and EW has shared a new photo from the film featuring Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham. When talking about the film, Johnson declared, “You are going to f—-ing love this movie.”
When talking about the relationship between Hobbs and Shaw in the film, Johnson says:
“Going in to Hobbs & Shaw, they still have a very biting chemistry, and they are polar opposites of each other in every sense of the word: from where they’re from, how they talk, what their likes are, what their philosophies are, what their fundamental core values are. But yet, they still have this magnetic attraction that happens between them that the universe brings them together, certainly against their will. And I guess a good way to describe it is you have two guys who don’t really like each other, love to slap each other around, always think that they’re right, and will always have each other’s back — but they will never admit it.”
As for the villain of the story played by Idris Elba, the goal was to make him the baddest villain in the franchise:
“Our goal with Idris to make him the baddest villain the franchise has ever seen. Coming in, he is undefeated. And for a guy who is undefeated, three men enter and either one man leaves or two leave. And I say that respectfully because there have been so many bad guys who we’ve had over the years. But Idris is the perfect guy. Obviously, he’s a phenomenal actor, really brings a great weight and quality to the role — and a viability. He’s a big man and he’s a legitimate badass and a legitimate martial artist. I’ll tell you this, the past 10 days have been the finale; we’ve been shooting the big main event between us and Brixton. We’ve been fighting and it’s been pretty badass and painful, but great.”
Johnson also took to Instagram to show fans one of the new characters in Fast and Furious spin-off film. The character is Madam M and she will be played by Eiza Gonzalez. Other than the name and picture, we don’t know anything about the role of Madam M, but maybe Johnson’s mention of her slapping Statham is a clue.
Hobbs and Shaw is written by Chris Morgan with David Leitch directing the film. Other stars include Vanessa Kirby, and Eddie Marsan. The current release date for Hobbs and Shaw is August 2, 2019.