Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past twenty-plus years, the chances are you’ve seen at least one of the Fast and the Furious movies and will recognise the Fast and the Furious house that features heavily throughout the franchise.
The History Of The Fast And The Furious House
The Fast and the Furious house is located at 722 East Kensington Road in Echo Park, Los Angeles, California. Built in 1906, the four-bedroom property was an ordinary family home with very little notable history before it featured in The Fast And The Furious.
The house at the time of filming the first Fast and the Furious movie was owned by three people, Marianne, her husband, and her friend who used the home as a multi-family dwelling.
The House In The Movies
Before filming the first The Fast and the Furious movie, the property was painted white to make the cars look even more stunning on screen. It appears as house number 1327 and features in The Fast and the Furious, Fast and Furious, Fast and Furious 6, Furious 7, F9, and Fast X, a total of six movies.
In the movies, The Fast and the Furious house was originally owned by Jack Toretto, a stock car racer and father to Dominic, Jackob, and Mia. After Jack’s death in 1989, the house was passed to his children, who would often be seen on screen gathering at the property while they talk about ‘family.’
In Furious 7, the property was blown up (on-screen); however, it was never damaged in real life and remains standing today. In fact, in later movies, they actually rebuild the house using CGI over the real location.
The Fast And Furious House Today
Sometime after the first movie Marianne actually knocked down the original garage. At the time, Marianne didn’t realise The Fast and the Furious would become a series of films and hadn’t considered it might still be needed. When the house was needed again some years later for the sequel Fast and Furious (2009), the garage had to be rebuilt.
With the huge popularity of the Fast and the Furious franchise, the home of Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) became a tourist spot for fans. Fans would gather outside and take photos; however, it was when fans would knock on the door that it began to become overwhelming for Marianne, who is on record stating that it was stressful at times.
When The Fast and Furious star Paul Walker died in a car crash at the age of 40, the LAPD had to warn her that they were expecting gatherings of up to 10,000 people at her house. In the end, the gatherings at her home didn’t reach those numbers, with most people choosing to gather at the crash site rather than at her house.
However, a number of fans did gather outside her home and did build a shrine outside the front of her house, much like when Robin Williams died, and fans flocked to the Mrs Doubtfire House, building a shine on the sidewalk.
Despite the stress of fans at her home, if she could do everything all over again, she would. “Why not?” she said. “I’d charge them a lot more money.” Unbelievably Marianne hasn’t even watched The Fast and the Furious movies!
In 2023 the Fast and the Furious house was empty, and on the rental market; whether or not it’s still owned by Marianne, we are just not sure.
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