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Rita Morenocan’t believe just how tallJason Momoais.
At the TIME Women of the Year Gala on Wednesday, theWest Side Storyactress, 91, shared her first impressions of theAquamanstar after meeting him on theFast Xset.
“Jason Momoa is the world’s tallest person. When I met him while I was there doing the film in England, I was actually talking to his belt,” Moreno jokingly toldE! News.
“That man is so damn tall, literally. I mean he’s like way up here and you’re sort of looking at his belt and then go, ‘Hey, it’s me, Rita,'” she continued.
Momoa, 43, stands more than a foot taller than Moreno.
Jason Momoa inFast X.Universal Studios
Momoapreviously teased his villain role, tellingEntertainmentTonightin March, “It’s fun, I get to play the bad guy, which I haven’t got to do for a while. Now I’m gonna be the bad boy — the very flamboyant bad boy. You know, a little panache.”
Meanwhile, Moreno plays Toretto’s grandmother in the film, telling E! News, “I’m Vin’s grammy.”
The big-budget sequel also starsCharlize Theron,Brie Larson,John Cena,Jason Statham,Helen Mirren,Michelle Rodriguez,Jordana Brewster, Nathalie Emmanuel, Tyrese Gibson and Ludacris.
Moreno revealed to E! News, “I’m a text buddy of Ludacris and a couple of other people that I think is surprising.”
The trailer for the 10th installment in the blockbuster action franchise debuted in February, which features throwback footage of the latePaul Walker, reframing events from 2011’sFast Fivefor the new film.
In that movie, “Dom and his crew took out nefarious Brazilian drug kingpin Hernan Reyes and decapitated his empire on a bridge in Rio De Janeiro. What they didn’t know was that Reyes’ son, Dante (Momoa), witnessed it all and has spent the last 12 years masterminding a plan to make Dom pay the ultimate price.”
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Fast Xis in theaters May 19.
source: people.com
