13 Most Anticipated Upcoming Original Film Characters

10. Cipher (Charlize Theron) - Fast 8

Fast Furious 8 Charlize Theron
Universal Pictures

The Role: Described as the team's "biggest threat yet", Cipher is Fast 8's main villain and is rumoured to be heavily involved with computer hacking (going by her name). That said, this picture also makes it clear she's going to get her hands pretty dirty.

Why You Should Be Excited: Charlize Theron isn't just one of our greatest actors, but she's well-versed in the vehicular mayhem stakes, what with her work on the 2003 Italian Job remake, and of course, her unforgettable performance as Furiosa in last year's Mad Max: Fury Road.

She'll not only bring some welcome class to the Fast franchise (alongside the much-awaited appearance of Helen Mirren), but she'll easily stand toe-to-toe with Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and company, as well as co-villain Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham).

The franchise has had its share of fun villains recently, and Charlize could very well be the best yet.

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