Today in bullshit: Helen Mirren won’t get to ramp a bunch of cars in Fast 8
The producers of the Fast & Furious franchise teased us last month—invoking mental images of Dame Helen Mirren punching the nitrous and busting out some Tokyo drift—when they announced that the Oscar-nominated actress would be appearing in the upcoming Fast 8. But now we’re learning that those regal stunts are not to be, with the Red star telling Entertainment Weekly that she isn’t even allowed behind the wheel on set.