Of course, the most recent "Fast and Furious" resurrection came about during the last act of "Fast X," which saw Letty escaping an Agency black-site prison in Antarctica with the help of her once and future archnemesis, Cipher (Charlize Theron). As the two tenuous allies emerge into the seemingly barren tundra, something wholly unexpected reaches the surface with them — the nuclear submarine from "The Fate of the Furious," piloted by Gisele Yashar (Gal Gadot).
Gisele was last seen alive in "Fast and Furious 6," wherein she sacrificed herself to save the life of her partner, Han. Ironically, from a meta-perspective, her death was almost certainly written into the sixth installment to expedite his own demise in "Tokyo Drift" (otherwise the series would have to find some other reason to justify why she wasn't with him in Japan). Now that Han has returned from the dead, however, it would seem a little unfair to keep Gisele in the proverbial fridge.
In 2020, ahead of Han's return in "F9," Gadot seemed ambivalent about returning to the "Fast" universe — though this was well before James Gunn and Peter Safran began reworking the future of DC Films without her third "Wonder Woman" film. That said, it seems that director Louis Letrerrier was the driving force behind her resurrection, telling the Hollywood Reporter that he "couldn't conceive" of moving forward without her and Dwayne Johnson involved.
