Fast & Furious 6
Warning : This article contains coddler for truehearted X.Despite an enthralling functioning by Gal Gadot and a hopeful future for the role , Gisele Yashar sacrificed herself inFast & Furious 6 , which begs the question , why did Gal Gadot leaveFast and Furious ? Gisele ( Gadot ) is a drug smuggler with expert drive skills and elite marksmanship , who is introduce inFast & Furious . Her job as a courier for drug runner Arturo Braga ( John Ortiz ) come to a check when Dominic Toretto ( Vin Diesel ) saves her amidst the ambuscade , and as a sign of gratitude , she reveals to him the location of Braga ’s den , and they go their separate ways .
InFast Five , themost of import movie in theFast & Furiousfranchise , Toretto raise her . Gisele develops a romantic relationship with Han Lue ( Sung Kang ) and prove herself a great plus to the master team . Gadot ’s strong performance inFast Fiveis why her demise scenery amount as a surprise ; Gisele let herself fall off the airplane in the notorious runway scene inFast & Furious 6to save Han from being shot by one of Owen Shaw ’s ( Luke Evans ) henchmen . The shock only worsened after Shaw ’s pal , Deckard ( Jason Statham ) , crashed Han ’s motorcar and left him for numb in the mid - credits scene , rendering her ritual killing ugly .
Why Gisele Was Killed Off In The Fast & Furious Franchise
Gisele ’s expiry likely would n’t have happen if she was as popular in 2013 as she is today . Gal Gadot was n’t the superstar she currently is when she portrayed the character and was killed off . In fact , it was her portrayal of Gisele inFast Fivethat made Gal Gadot a adept . Her sinewy performance and her desktop in the Israel Defense Forces helped her develop her character into a main member of the hurl , but it was n’t enough to insure her a lasting slot in the ever - develop team .
Gadot ’s portrayal of Gisele exceeded the prospect the franchise had for the graphic symbol , as she was only fix to be a venial figure in the overall fib . loyal & Furious 6had to demonstrate that the heroes are n’t unvanquishable through the death of a character reference that was n’t part of the core roll — like Dom or Brian O’Conner ( the former Paul Walker ) — and Gisele had the proper counterweight of face and relevance to represent a heroic ritual killing without affect the development of future sequels at that moment . The bright side of Gisele and Han ’s memorability in the franchise is that there ’s always a way to make for them back from the dead .
Gisele ’s ritual killing inFast & Furious 6is the ultimate test of her bravery and serves to try out that , despite all the over - the - top military action episode and leaps of system of logic in the film , there ’s always a sense of danger to the squad of adrenaline - crazed heroes . However , it was dissimilar to let Gal Gadot go in 2013 than it would be now . After her outstanding role as Wonder Woman in the DCEU and her phenomenal rise in popularity , her current star major power and bankability would likely warn studio from toss off off her character in a franchise , and instead would probably even consider moving her up as a lead .
Gisele Returned To The Fast & Furious Franchise In Fast X
Just like Han before her , Gisele has riposte toFast and Furiousdespite being kill off . In the last scene inFast X , Letty and Cipher visit an obscure arctic locating where a submarine rises out of the piss , and Gisele emerge from it . Director Louis Leterrier explicate he does n’t see the franchise ’s future without her , note , " I was lucky enough to direct one commercial with her , and I get a line the power of Gal Gadot for 30 seconds . So , now that I get to not only work with her but also bring back Gisele into the franchise , I ’m the happiest fan in the world " ( viaTHR ) .
Gadot also note how excited she is to be reunited with the franchise in an Instagram post . The actor write , " To my fans , your continuous love and accompaniment fuel this journey . Here ’s to honoring the bequest , the fans and the # FastFamily that we ’ve built together " ( viaDigital Spy ) . Nothing is known about why Gisele has been in concealment , why she has been hide in a hero , or how she survived the free fall from the airplane inFast & Furious 6 , but it confirms her comeback to the series and that Gisele will have a much bigger role inFast and angered 11 .
