John Cena on ‘F9’ and Why James Gunn’s Filmmaking Style Reminds Him of Vince McMahon

With director Justin Lin’s F9 now playing around the world and opening in North America this weekend, I recently spoke to John Cena about joining the franchise as Dominic Toretto’s (Vin Diesel) brother Jakob. During the fun interview, Cena revealed what fans would be surprised to learn about the making of F9, what Lin and Diesel have told him about Fast 10 and beyond, how the Fast family really exists on set, and more. In addition, Cena also answers a “fan” question from director James Gunn which led to a great answer. As you’ve seen in the trailers, F9 sees Dom (Diesel) enjoying his quiet life off the grid with his wife (Michelle Rodriguez) and son but is pulled back to the action when his estranged brother (Cena) comes back into his life. As you can easily surmise, this causes Dom and his “family” to have to come together to stop Cena from carrying out his master plan. F9 (Fast and Furious 9) also stars Roman Pearce (Tyrese Gibson), Tej Parker (Chris “Ludacris” Bridges), Han Lue (Sung Kang), Mia Tore