Hans Fast & Furious Backstory (Revealed In 2002s Better Luck Tomorrow)

Han’s Fast & Furious Backstory (Revealed In 2002’s Better Luck Tomorrow)

Han is an important member of the Fast & Furious gang, but his origin story was already told before he joined Dom’s team — in Better Luck Tomorrow.

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Hans Fast & Furious Backstory (Revealed In 2002s Better Luck Tomorrow)

Han has been an integral member of Dom’s crew, but his origin story wasn’t told in the Fast & Furious franchise, instead it’s revealed in Justin Lin’s Better Luck Tomorrow. In light of Sung Kang’s surprising re-emergence in the Fast & Furious 9 trailer, fans are curious now more that ever about his character in the long-running, car-centric, billion-dollar Fast & Furious franchise.

Making his debut in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Han was initially introduced as Sean Boswell’s mentor. At the end of that film, he was believed to have died after he was the target of a car collision. By Furious 7, it was revealed that Owen Shaw’s (Luke Evans) brother, Deckard (Jason Statham) was behind Han’s supposed death as part of his revenge against Dom’s crew.

Han is an extremely important character for Fast & Furious 9’s director Justin Lin, not only because he helmed all the Fast & Furious films in which Han appeared, but because Han is actually his brainchild. Lin previously introduced the character in his 2002 Asian-American-focused film Better Luck Tomorrow.

Loosely based on the Stuart Tay’s murder by four Sunny Hills School honor students, the film shows viewers the lives of academically over-achieving culprits as they chase life’s thrills by engaging in criminal activities. Ben Manibag (Parry Shen) and Virgil Hu (Jason Tobin) may be the story’s main leads, but Kang’s Han also played a pivotal role throughout the movie as the enforcer of the rag-tag group. As Virgil’s cousin, he and Daric Loo (Roger Fang) tag along in their shenanigans, which include them killing the wealthy boyfriend of Stephanie (Karin Anna Cheung), Ben’s dream girl. Better Luck Tomorrow ends with the gang getting away with it, setting Han on a life of criminal activities.

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Both Lin and Kang have openly said that they consider Better Luck Tomorrow and Fast & Furious’ version of Han to be the same person (via Entertainment Weekly). There was no initial plan to have Han in Tokyo Drift, but the director called the actor to read for Sean Boswell (Lucas Black) instead. Soon enough, he realized that he wanted Han in the car-centric films, leading to the character’s renaissance in the long-running franchise. Interestingly, however, Lin also brought Jason Tobin from Better Luck Tomorrow to Tokyo Drift, although instead of playing the same character, he’s Earl Hu (instead of Virgil) — Han’s friend, who also returns in Fast 9.

Narrative-wise, Han then went on to meet Dom when he visited Mexico, their first encounter was tackled in Fast & Furious second short film, Los Bandoleros. The project was directed, co-written and co-produced by Diesel. Dom and Han start teaming up together, although it’s unclear why they’d even come together. From then on, we see Kang reprise the role in Fast & Furious, Fast Five, Fast & Furious 6, Tokyo Drift and now in Fast 9. With Lin back in the helm for the upcoming film and its direct sequel in 2021, it’s safe to expect that he’s going to build on what we already know about Han’s character thus far, and of course, finally accomplish the justice for his supposed death in Tokyo Drift.

Link Source : https://screenrant.com/fast-furious-han-lue-backstory-better-luck-tomorrow-movie/

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