Helen Mirren will be in the driver’s seat for Fast 8

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Helen Mirren may have just been slumming it by playing various English monarchs over the years—turns out, she’s really into the Fast And The Furious movies, and has been angling to join the franchise for some time. Mirren, who can currently be seen in Eye In The Sky, revealed last year that she’s a huge fan of Vin Diesel’s “family” films. “I keep putting it out there, and they never ask me,” Mirren said at the time. This, despite all the great driving she did on Top Gear (before Chris Evans ruined it):