Here's who Peaky Blinders star Finn Cole is playing in Fast & Furious 9

Fast & Furious 9 finally arrives in UK cinemas next week and we can reveal Peaky Blinders star Finn Cole's role in the new movie.

Cole was confirmed to be joining the cast in July 2019, but his role was kept under the hood. With the movie now out in certain countries of the world though, certain details are creeping out – although fortunately not about how Han returns.

Digital Spy can confirm that Cole is playing the younger version of Jakob Toretto, the previously unheard-of Toretto brother played by John Cena who causes havoc for Dom and his familia in Fast & Furious 9.

Finn Cole in Peaky Blinders

As for how big of a role Cole plays in the movie, it remains to be seen, but he had previously called it a "small role", even if it was "quite an important role". "It's probably not what people are expecting," he added.

Cole playing the younger version of Cena? Yep, we'd call that a bit unexpected.

Vin Diesel had previously teased that Fast & Furious 9 will make you "understand the first movie even more", so it makes sense that the new outing would delve into Dom's past, especially as Jakob has just resurfaced.

"I'm a [Dungeons & Dragons] head, so that's like origin stuff. So to see family members you never thought you would have seen, it's gonna kind of blow your mind," he explained last month.

"We've been wanting to know, where was Dom before he became Dom? Who were his influences? That's going to be really rich with story, and a lot of fun to see."

At least we now don't have too much longer to wait to find out exactly where Jakob has been all these years and why Dom has never mentioned him, giving how much he loves talking about family.

Fast & Furious 9 will be released in UK cinemas on June 24 and US cinemas on June 25.

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Movies Editor, Digital Spy  Ian has more than 10 years of movies journalism experience as a writer and editor.  Starting out as an intern at trade bible Screen International, he was promoted to report and analyse UK box-office results, as well as carving his own niche with horror movies, attending genre festivals around the world.   After moving to Digital Spy, initially as a TV writer, he was nominated for New Digital Talent of the Year at the PPA Digital Awards. He became Movies Editor in 2019, in which role he has interviewed 100s of stars, including Chris Hemsworth, Florence Pugh, Keanu Reeves, Idris Elba and Olivia Colman, become a human encyclopedia for Marvel and appeared as an expert guest on BBC News and on-stage at MCM Comic-Con. Where he can, he continues to push his horror agenda – whether his editor likes it or not.