Shooting car chases, for instance, “is way more dangerous than you’re used to,” says the director of the newest installment of the Fast and the Furious franchise. “There are so many fans of the franchise in Cuba. We had to hire 100 locals to lock down a 20-block straightaway, because there were over 10,000 people watching us shoot. That’s phenomenal energy that you can feed off of to create, but there’s also safety considerations.”