As with any Fast & Furious Film apart from Fast Xwhich ended with a rather nerve-wracking cliffhanger, Fast & Furious 6 concluded with the victory of the good guys. After the defeat of Owen Shaw, Dominic Toretto and his crew returned to the Toretto family home in Los Angeles to celebrate. This meeting also served as the location for one of the Fast & Furious the funniest moments of the franchise. An amusing retort from Luke Hobbs (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) to Tyrese Gibson’s Roman Pearce caused Ludacris’ Tej Parker to spit out his drink, and the latter actor has opened up about the story behind that spitting.
In case you need a refresher, when Hobbs showed up at the party, Roman yelled at Mia Toretto to “hide” her baby oil, a jab at Hobbs’ bald head. Roman quickly said he was just mad, but Hobbs replied, “You better hide that huge forehead!” Tej spat out his drink and Roman was stunned. In an interview with BBC Radio 1, Ludacris confirmed that his reaction was unplanned, then explained how the Fast & Furious 6 Moment came:
It was a spontaneous laugh that wasn’t part of the script. And I actually whispered to Dwayne Johnson to say that, and I didn’t think he was going to do it! So it was a real reaction when he actually said it to Tyrese in his own way, and Tyrese’s reaction was also very surprised because he had no idea The Rock would do that. So yeah, 100% real, and that’s why I spit out my drink. People have been wondering this for years, and I’m here to let you know: We try to make it as real and surprising as possible to get those real reactions.
Most moments in movies are, of course, planned in advance, but occasionally opportunities for improvisation arise that end up working out so well that they make it into the final cut. Thanks to Ludacris, who casually suggested this to Dwayne Johnson, we have one of them in Fast & Furious 6. That “forehead” statement caused Ludacris to spit out his drink and Gibson to experience an insult he wasn’t expecting. It’s actually quite fitting considering how often Roman gets teased by his friends.
The spit-take actually helped lighten the mood a bit after Tej and Roman talked to Han Lue about him going to Tokyo following the presumed death of his girlfriend Gisele Yashar. It was later assumed that Han also died during the events of Tokyo Drift, which took place at the same time as the Fast & Furious 6 End credits scene and part of Furious 7. Fortunately F9 revealed that Han’s death had been faked by Mr. Nobody, and we learned in Fast X that Gisele is also alive, although it remains a mystery how she survived the fall from the plane.
If you want to see now Fast & Furious 6it can be streamed with a Peacock subscription. Otherwise, keep an eye out for our ongoing coverage on Almost 11whose release is planned for 2026, and the mid-quel Fast & Furious presents: Hobbs & Reyes.
