Reported on air: Denzel Washington turned down Mr. Nobody; Taylor Lautner and Halle Berry also considered; Jason Statham first offered Fast Six's Owen Shaw

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Approx. transcript time · 01:10:56Read transcript

Called a favorite casting what-if ever: one host says Denzel Washington turned down Mr. Nobody before Kurt Russell, per "the internet," even with a promised bigger Fast 8 part; the reply is stunned.
The hosts guess Denzel was in Oscar mode before Fences and would only do an action movie as its star, citing The Equalizer.
Taylor Lautner and "Hallie Berry" (as transcribed) are said to have also been considered; Mr. Nobody had to be older, though Lautner's old-guy face is joked about.
Kurt Russell is a great pick as a throwback to late-80s and early-90s action, with an internet theory that he is channeling his 1988 Tequila Sunrise character.
Statham is said to have been offered the Owen Shaw role in Fast Six but to have been making Parker and "Wildcard" (as transcribed); he is agreed to be better as the big brother.

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Approx. transcript time · 01:16:07Read transcript

With the Denzel news, the recast is Denzel as Mr. Nobody, with respect to Kurt Russell; he would add weight and fascination opposite Vin Diesel and the Rock.
Denzel going from the Rock in Fast 7 to Viola Davis in Fences is joked about; it is called a great movie what-if that the speaker only learned of the what-if that week.

Piracy numbers; cars used and destroyed; See You Again YouTube records; Transporter Easter eggs; the HyperSport car; Gisele's cut scenes

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Approx. transcript time · 01:17:27Read transcript

The hosts report it as the second most pirated movie ever, with almost 45 million streams in 2015; 340 cars were used and 230 destroyed.
The Brian-Dom conversation is repeated as a Fast 5 deleted scene; See You Again reached one billion YouTube views in 2015 and in July 2017 became the most viewed YouTube video ever.
Asked what the most pirated movie was, the reply guesses Tokyo Drift.
The hosts say the parking-garage fight includes Transporter Easter eggs, the car from Transporter (2002) and the Audi from Transporter 2 (2005).
The building-jump car ("Lichen HyperSport" as transcribed) is said to be one of seven made, at $3.4 million, with fake versions used for stunts.
Gisele is said to have had cut flashback scenes taking Letty to the hospital, explaining why she is billed in the movie.

Elena's pregnancy timeline; police knowing the head-on crash location

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Approx. transcript time · 01:22:50Read transcript

Elena's pregnancy: with at least a year between Fast 6 and 7 and her not pregnant early in 7, her Dom baby in Fast 8 does not add up, raising a possible later fling with Dom.
The reply rules out Dom sleeping with Elena after Letty returns and jokes that Dom's superhuman seed needs a 24-to-27-month pregnancy, which is accepted.
After the first head-on crash between Dom and Shaw, police descend and Mr. Nobody appears; how they knew the spot is answered by Mr. Nobody knowing all things.

Race Wars on ESPN2; Dom and Letty's cut of Race Wars; Dom's powerful network; the crew's fighting skills; whether Brian returns

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Approx. transcript time · 01:26:29Read transcript

Is Race Wars real, why is it not televised, and could it fill the sports void during quarantine?
Dom tells Letty they invented Race Wars, now a corporate-sponsored event: do they get a cut, or is Dom making it up for someone with amnesia?
How does Dom know powerful people, like the friend with a secure compound in the Dominican Republic? The reply credits his charm, years in South America, and a godfather-like reputation as a protector.
How did the whole crew get so good at fighting since Fast One? The reply imagines Dom ordering training once they no longer had to plot stealing DVD players.
Does Brian ever come back? The answer is no: at most a photo or an old flashback, likened to not wanting a new "pimpsy verse" (as transcribed) instead of the old albums.
If the Walker family were fine with a digital return, the speaker would fall in line and welcome it on opening night; the technology is coming, which feels freaky, down to recreating faces for a Godfather sequel.