Current:Home > MarketsRita Moreno Reveals the Hilarious Problem of Working With "World's Tallest Person" Jason Momoa -Elevate Profit Vision
Rita Moreno Reveals the Hilarious Problem of Working With "World's Tallest Person" Jason Momoa
View
Date:2025-04-18 19:42:15
Rita Moreno wants to know what the weather is like up there for Jason Momoa.
The West Side Story actress recently shared her experience filming Fast X, the 10th installment in the Fast and Furious franchise, where she literally couldn't see eye-to-eye with her co-star.
"Jason Momoa is the world's tallest person," Rita exclusively told E! News at the Time Women of the Year Gala on March 8. "When I met him while I was there doing the film in England, I was actually talking to his belt. 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.'"
Even if height distance makes it hard for Rita to have a face-to-face conversation, at least technology helps bridge the divide. As she explained, "I'm a text buddy of Ludacris and a couple of other people that I think is surprising."
The connections also continue onscreen in Fast X, where the Oscar winner plays the grandmother of fan-favorite Dominic "Dom" Toretto, played by Vin Diesel.
"Can you believe it? I'm his grammy," she gushed. "I'm Vin's Grammy."
Vin similarly praised Rita in a February interview with E! News, calling working alongside the icon "another dream come true."
"I grew up in New York, so West Side Story was right up the block from me, and she was in Nuyorican, and that's very close to home," he shared. "So the fact that she was able to embody my abuela, this archetype that is so prevalent in all families, it was magical."
The star-studded action film also features Nathalie Emmanuel, John Cena, Helen Mirren, Charlize Theron and more.
Fast X is out in theaters on May 19.
(E! and Universal Pictures are both part of the NBCUniversal family.)
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News AppveryGood! (4)
Related
- Bodycam footage shows high
- Pan American Games start in disarray with cleaners still working around the National Stadium
- Minnesota judge, in rare move, rejects guilty plea that would have spared man of prison time
- 10 NBA players under pressure to perform in 2023-24 include Joel Embiid, Damian Lillard
- Paula Abdul settles lawsuit with former 'So You Think You Can Dance' co
- 5 killed in Illinois tanker crash died from gas leak, autopsy report confirms
- Olympian Mary Lou Retton is back home recovering from pneumonia, daughter says
- Unusual tortoise found in Florida identified as escape artist pet that went missing in 2020
- Trump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving time
- Saints wide receiver Chris Olave arrested on reckless driving charge in New Orleans suburb
Ranking
- 'We're reborn!' Gazans express joy at returning home to north
- Retail credit card interest rates rise to record highs, topping 30% APR
- Mideast scholar Hussein Ibish: Israelis and Palestinians must stop dehumanizing each other
- Dime heist: 4 Philadelphia men charged after millions of dimes stolen from US Mint truck
- What to know about Tuesday’s US House primaries to replace Matt Gaetz and Mike Waltz
- Chevron to buy Hess for $53 billion, marking the second giant oil deal this month
- Protests across Panama against new contract for Canadian copper mining company in biodiverse north
- MLB was right to delay Astros pitcher Bryan Abreu’s suspension – but the process stinks
Recommendation
Whoopi Goldberg is delightfully vile as Miss Hannigan in ‘Annie’ stage return
Michigan woman becomes first grand prize winner of state's Halloween-themed instant game
Israeli military reservist from D.C. suburb is killed in missile attack in Israel
Eagles trade for two-time All-Pro safety Kevin Byard in deal with Titans
Are Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp down? Meta says most issues resolved after outages
Olympian Mary Lou Retton is back home recovering from pneumonia, daughter says
'Our idol!': 92 year old's rim-to-rim Grand Canyon hike inspires throng of followers worldwide
Stranded at a closed border as bombs fall, foreign nationals in besieged Gaza await evacuation