‘Fast X’: Residents Protest Franchise Filming In L.A.’s Angeleno Heights, Saying It Encourages Illegal Street Racing There

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One of Angeleno Heights’ most famous residents is no longer welcome there, according to some who live in the Los Angeles neighborhood.Specifically, they’re talking about Dominic Toretto, the main character of the Fast films played by Vin Diesel, whose onscreen home is a 4,800 square-foot home built in the area in 1906.As filming of NBCUniversal’s Fast X, the 10th installment of the franchise, was set to take place today and Saturday in the area, residents took part in a protest saying they fear the movie will further glorify and encourage illegal street racing in their neighborhood.“It’s super, super, super dangerous,” one resident told the crowd gathered for the late-morning protest. “I mean, come on guys, it doesn’t take a smart person to figure out that if you lose control, you’re going to hit somebody or something.”She held up a photo of a crashed vehicle and said, “Are we going to wait for this to happen to one of our neighbors, our children, before somebody cries out for action to take place, or are we going to do it before it happens?”Some residents marched through the area, shouting “Street racing kills” while holding up photos of people who’d died in related crashes.

The Toretto house on Kensington and the Angeleno Heights area in general have been featured in several of the Fast franchise installments.

The neighborhood’s twisting streets and hills provided the opportunity “to do fun jumps” in chase scenes, according to Rob Cohen, who directed the first film.

The real-life racing terrain and accessibility of the home have attracted fans to the area, some of whom just want a picture or drive-by video of the home, and some of whom engage in street takeovers and perform donuts or burnouts, as evidenced by the