Vin Diesel, the franchise’s star and producer, confirmed Brie Larson’s addition to the cast of “Fast and Furious 10” on Instagram on Saturday night.
“Yeah yeah yeah… you see this angel over my shoulder cracking me up, you say to your self ‘that’s captain Marvel’. Clearly there is love and laughter in this image,” the actor captioned a selfie with Larson.
“What you don’t see however, is the character you will be introduced to in Fast10,” he added.
Diesel, 54, went on to say that fans have “no idea how timeless and amazing” Larson, 32, will be in the movie.
“Beyond her beauty, her intellect… her Oscar, haha is this profound soul who will add something you might not have expected but yearned for,” he continued. “Welcome to the FAMILY Brie. @brielarson.”
The “Captain Marvel” actress, who won an Academy Award for Best Actress in 2015 for her part in “Room,” isn’t the first Oscar winner to appear in a “Fast and Furious” film. “Fate of the Furious” and “F9,” respectively, starred Charlize Theron and Helen Mirren.
Larson’s selection comes less than a month after it was confirmed that Jason Momoa will portray the villain in the tenth chapter of the “Fast and Furious” franchise.