Her shocking murder transpires in 2009's Fast & Furious, and the first hints of her return occur in 2011's Fast Five, leading fans to wonder why Letty faked her death. Fast & Furious begins with Dominic Toretto being forced to leave behind Letty to keep her safe from the police.
Michelle Rodriguez says she learned she was returning to the "Fast and the Furious" franchise by watching the saga's fifth film in theaters. That was news to her since her character had died in the fourth movie, 2009's "Fast & Furious," in a fiery car explosion.
However, Letty is not killed by the explosion caused by Fenix and is instead hospitalized with amnesia. She was found two days later in the hospital, by Owen Shaw who had went there to kill her. However when he determined that she had no memory of her previous life, he decided she would be a good member on his team.
After a massive explosion seemingly claimed her life in 2009's Fast & Furious, it is revealed in Fast Five that Rodriguez's Letty actually survived after Hobbs finds a picture of her perfectly alive and well. It was a massive moment for the franchise, but the reveal was also big for Rodriguez.
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While the opening of 2009's Fast & Furious saw the character seemingly meeting her demise offscreen, it was teased at the end of Fast Five that wasn't the case, and she was was fully brought back into play in Fast & Furious 6. Now Rodriguez has shared the wild way she learned that Letty was still among the living.
Letty's overall arc across the Fast & Furious films covers her death and subsequent resurrection. Her shocking murder transpires in 2009's Fast & Furious, and the first hints of her return occur in 2011's Fast Five, leading fans to wonder why Letty faked her death.
While Letty was working for Shaw, Dom Toretto was recruited to bring Shaw down, but he dedicated most of his time to trying to reunite with his wife. On their first meeting, Letty shot Dominic because she didn't know who he was, and Shaw manipulatively tested her loyalty to the gang through Dom.
Dom suspects the police are on their trail, and leaves Letty behind to protect her from being caught. Months later, in Panama City, Dom gets a call from his sister Mia, who tells him Letty has been murdered. Dom heads to Los Angeles to attend her funeral and finds traces of nitromethane at the crash site.
However, Letty was not killed by the explosion. Gisele Yashar, an employee of Arturo Braga, brought the wounded and amnesiac Letty to the hospital. She was found two days later in the hospital by Owen Shaw, who had gone there to kill her.
Later, Elena joined the Diplomatic Security Service and accompanies Hobbs to Los Angeles with the delivery of full pardons to Dominic and the entire crew. Elena accepts that Dominic has chosen to be with his former lover Letty as she is respectful of his family values.
The character is the older brother of Jakob and Mia Toretto. Throughout the series, Dom's crew has perpetrated many high-speed semi hijackings, stealing millions of dollars in merchandise. He has spent most of his life running from the law. He is married to Letty Ortiz, his longtime partner.
Manipulated by Owen Shaw and his team in FAST & FURIOUS 6, Letty became something of a minor villain in the movie before she started to remember her life before her near-death experience. Though she didn't do anything as bad as other foes on this list, she still went toe-to-toe with her old crew before coming around.
A deleted scene revealed Gisele had found Letty Ortiz (Michelle Rodriguez) after she was nearly killed by Fenix Calderon (Laz Alonso) and took her to the hospital. Letty asked Gisele why she saved her, and Gisele responded: "Maybe you are the one saving me."
Michelle Rodriguez's Leticia "Letty" Ortiz is Dominic Toretto's wife and the stepmother of his son, Brian. Letty grew up down the street from the Torettos and eventually became a part of the family when she married Dom at the beginning of the fourth Fast and Furious movie.
Fast & Furious' three core relationships - the love between Letty and Dom, and Brian (Paul Walker) and Mia (Jordana Brewster), as well as the friendship between Brian and Dom - have remained the backbone of the franchise.
Its no secret that the first movie relationship was set to go in a total different direction with Letty playing a love triangle between Dom and Brian, she was in fact supposed to cheat on him with the latter. This however upset Michelle to the point of tears.
During the events of Fast & Furious, the fourth movie in the franchise, Letty was killed by Fenix Calderon, despite Dominic Toretto's noble attempts to protect her.
Dominic and Letty have been romantically linked since they were kids. After Brian's betrayal in the first movie, she began doing missions in the Dominican Republic with Dom and his new crew, Los Bandoleros.
By the time of Fast X, the Toretto family has become a solidly stable family unit, with Dom and Letty raising Dom's son Brian. They have a comfortable life, and the relationship between Dom and Letty has never been better.
While Rodriguez was aged 23, she played an 18-year-old Letty in The Fast and the Furious. The franchise's official Wikia profile on Letty states that she was born on September 7, 1983. This makes her 18 in The Fast and the Furious considering it's set in 2001.
