Fast and Furious 10: Los Angeles residents protest filming

In a few days, Louis Leterrier and the team of Fast and Furious 10 (or Fast X) should set up the cameras in the Angelino Heights area of ​​Los Angeles, where the saga has its habits since the first episode. Dominic Toretto’s (Vin Diesel) home is actually located here, as well as Bob’s Market, his family’s store.

But the footage is not to the liking of the residents of the area who are planning to demonstrate. Because, as variety He notes that the success of the saga did not bring them all good things.

Along with the fans who come to take pictures of the seats, there are those who clearly want to live, as in the saga, with circular skating (also called “Donuts”due to the patterns left by the tire rubber on the asphalt) or by straining their car engines, which creates noise and smoke.

When they’re off-duty, as pedestrian fatalities and deaths have increased since the pandemic, often due to speeding. In both Los Angeles and the rest of the country, this figure increased by 21% in the first quarter of 2022 compared to 2020.

Also, in the face of beatings and gun threats, Angelino Heights residents plan to protest the neighborhood’s scheduled shooting day, which includes “Simulation of emergency response, aerial spraying, road spraying and atmospheric smoke application”According to a memo sent to residents.

We will hold this protest in memory of the 178 people who died in Los Angeles street racing and blame Universal’s indifference to the racing epidemic that their films have continued to promote.

“If this shooting continues in Angelino Heights or any part of it, we will organize a huge protest and invite many reporters and cameras to film our protest day and night.”states an email from residents seen by Variety.

“We will be holding this protest in memory of the 178 people who died in street racing in Los Angeles and to condemn Universal’s indifference to this racing epidemic that their films have continued to promote.”

According to one resident interviewed by the media, the complaint is less about the day of filming scheduled for this Friday than about the negative impact of the saga on the neighborhood since the release of the first opus in 2001.

Will the production offer financial compensation as it has in the past? Continue filming despite protests? Or refuse these shots? Answer in a few days.