Fast X Star Addresses Obvious Han Continuity Error After F9 Credits Scene

Fast X star Sung Kang comments on one major Han continuity error in the film after the F9: The Fast Saga‘s post-credits scene. Directed by Louis Leterrier, Fast X serves as the tenth installment in the main Fast & Furious franchise, chronicling Dom’s (Vin Diesel) showdown against Dante (Jason Momoa), a figure from his past. Kang’s Han returns in the film after F9 retconned his earlier death, with the 2021 film also featuring a post-credits scene teasing him coming face-to-face with Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham), the man who tried to kill him.

Fast X recreates Han’s meeting with Deckard, but Kang is sporting his character’s signature long hair instead of the short hair he has in the F9 post-credits scene. In a recent interview with Insider, Kang addresses the obvious continuity error, revealing that production did actually ask him to cut his hair so that it would match, but that they ultimately found a different fix. Check out Kang’s full comment below:

“The reason I wanted Han’s hair to be short [in F9] was that he’s in hiding. So if he’s walking around looking like Han it doesn’t really make any sense to the character. You cut his hair, he kind of blends in.

“I realized that there are a few things that people need from Han. They want snacks, they want cool cars, and they want his hair. The hair is almost like a superpower he has… It’s synonymous to what defines Han.

“Because everybody is OCD about their work and they’re into details, details are what matters, there were a lot of notes and discussion about, ‘Hey Han’s hair in the tag is short. How are we gonna do it?’ And we did these tests where you get really close with the tucked-in hair. It could kind of match.”

Fast X’s Place In The Fast & Furious Timeline Explained

The Fast & Furious timeline has always been a little confusing, which isn’t helped by the franchise’s frequent retconning of events and deaths. Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), for example, the third feature film in the franchise, actually takes place after the events of Fast & Furious (2009), Fast Five (2011), and Fast & Furious 6 (2013). The 2013 entry also includes a post-credits scene introducing Statham’s Shaw in which he is made responsible for Han’s apparent death in Tokyo Drift.

From there, the movies essentially play out in chronological order. Interestingly, however, Fast X takes place roughly four years after the events of F9. This means that Han’s post-credits scene in which he confronts Shaw is more temporally disconnected from that film’s narrative as many may have realized. To maintain continuity, then, Han should have had short hair for all of Fast X.

Despite the production’s best efforts, Han’s hair still sticks out as a fairly obvious continuity error. That being said, the Fast & Furious franchise plays so fast and loose with its timeline, character evolutions, and deaths that one haircut isn’t really that big of a deal. While Han’s reunion with Shaw in Fast X wasn’t the “Justice for Han” moment that some viewers may have hoped for, Kang is evidently committed to ensuring that his take on the character is as satisfying for fans as possible.

Source: Insider