Gal Gadot is feeling nostalgic and celebrating at the same time.
The 38-year-old actress returns to the Fast and the Furious franchise for the first time since 2013’s Fast and Furious 6, in Fast X, which opened in theaters on Friday.
She posted two photos to her Instagram account with the caption, “Missed my Fast family! I’m overwhelmed with excitement.’
To my fans, your continued love and support is fueling this journey. This is to honor the legacy, the fans and the #FastFamily we built together,” she concluded.
In the first photo, the Wonder Woman star stares dreamily into the distance with her dark brown locks blowing in the wind.
Rising from the dead: Gal Gadot shares some nostalgic snaps as she returned to the Fast and the Furious franchise for the first time since 2013, in the new Fast X
She’s back: The actress, 38, posted two photos to her Instagram account with the caption, ‘Missed my Fast family! I’m overwhelmed with excitement’
The second picture shows all the protagonists on the beach.
Fast and Furious star Jordana Brewster responded to Gal’s post: “YES!!!! Welcome back!’
The post garnered more than 1 million likes in less than eight hours.
The star was also seen on Saturday at the Lakers’ playoff game in Los Angeles.
She sported a casual, cool look and wore a brown leather jacket and jeans.
The beauty wore her dark brown locks pulled back in a bun.
Gal shielded her eyes with round sunglasses and accessorized with a gold chain and a black bag.
She completed her look with black cowboy boots.
Comeback: Gadot plays Gisele Yashar in the franchise, but as far as everyone knew, her character was killed off in the 2013 episode; Depicted in 2009’s Fast and Furious 4
Familiar face: The mother of three appeared in 2009’s Fast & Furious and again in 2011’s Fast Five before being killed off in the sixth film
In cinemas: The new Fast X movie hit theaters on Friday. Gal will also be back in the film’s follow-up – the 11th film – which is expected to be the last in the franchise
Gadot plays Gisele Yashar in the franchise, but as far as everyone knew, her character was killed off in the 2013 episode.
The mother of three appeared in 2009’s Fast & Furious and again in 2011’s Fast Five before being killed off in the sixth film.
Gadot’s character joined the Fast family when Dominic Toretta infiltrated Mexico’s dangerous Braga Cartel while investigating Letty’s death.
He was sure the cartel had something to do with her death and met Gisele, who appeared to be a loyal member of the drug cartel.
However, it turned out she was on the side of the good guys and a former Mossad agent.
And Gal’s character isn’t the only Fast family member to rise from the grave. Michelle Rodriguez’s Letty was brought back from the dead in Fast and Furious and Han Lu, Gal’s onscreen character’s romantic partner, returned from beyond the grave in F9.
And now, in Fast X, Gal’s Gisele appears at the end of the movie, just before the credits roll.
Gisele was Gadot’s first major American film role. Director Justin Lin cast her because of her military experience and tasked her to perform her own stunts.
Basketball fan: The star was also seen at the Lakers playoff game in Los Angeles on Saturday
Casual Cool: She sported a casual cool look, wearing a brown leather jacket and jeans. The beauty wore her dark brown locks pulled back in a bun
Gisele’s resurrection guarantees another movie in the long-running franchise, which Vin Diesel confirmed. The 11th movie will be the last Fast movie.
So said Fast X director Louis Leterrier Weekly entertainment“We showed the movie to Gal, told her about our plan for the next one, and she loved the movie and said, ‘I want to be a part of it.’ I want to come back.”
And Leterrier assured the outlet that the story behind Gisele’s return will be “very, very different.”
“We had to seed it into the structure of the franchise,” he explained. ‘You will see it. As we move towards the end, you’ll see how each chapter meant something as a whole, each villain meant something, each disappearance meant something, the return meant something else, and how it was all part of this huge chess game that was being played. by different people.’