During the climax of “Fast X,” it seems Aimes lastly realizes that Dom and his household have been arrange by Dante, and The Company’s new chief begins serving to our heroes as they attempt to outwit and outlast Dante. However in the long run, it is revealed that Aimes has been on Dante’s aspect because the occasions of “Quick 5,” with a retcon flashback revealing Aimes’ presence throughout that movie’s vault heist, sparking a partnership that led to this game-changing twist. The reveal comes when Aimes, the newest antagonistic determine who has seemingly grow to be an ally of the household, makes use of a rocket launcher to blast a aircraft with Roman, Tej, Han, and Ramsey out of the sky, sending it crashing right into a mountainside.
Curiously sufficient, Ritchson just lately revealed to Entertainment Weekly that the connection between Aimes and Dante was virtually much more substantial. The actor pulled again the curtain whereas speaking about how a lot he knew concerning the character going into manufacturing:
“I do not know if that is divulging an excessive amount of, however we shot a pair totally different tales. One was that Jason Momoa’s character and Aimes had been blood brothers. They had been truly associated, and one of many the explanation why they had been unified was due to their genetic hyperlink. There’s a model within the enhancing room of that movie, however on the finish of the day it was determined that the opposite model which is what’s within the movie now — we study on the finish of the film that basically stunning twist that there was an alliance between them the entire time making him perhaps the dangerous man — that is what we’re left with. I wasn’t actually positive which model of that was going to stay, however I did know that there was a number of duplicity within the character and that he was in the end a foul man, no less than for now. We’ll see what the longer term holds.”
