‘The Crown’ Standout Vanessa Kirby to Join ‘Hobbs and Shaw’ as Deckard’s Sister

Actress Vanessa Kirby is going from one action-centric blockbuster franchise to another. Per Variety, the The Crown star is in final negotiations to star opposite Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham in the upcoming Fast & Furious spinoff Hobbs and Shaw. Kirby will play the sister of Statham’s character, who also happens to be an MI-5 agent. The film has Deadpool 2 and Atomic Blonde helmer David Leitch set to direct and will begin filming this fall. Kirby broke out in a big way on the Netflix series The Crown playing Princess Margaret, and subsequently landed a plum …

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