How Pete Davidson Wound Up in the Summer’s Biggest Blockbusters

SPOILER ALERT:This post contains spoilers for Fast X and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, which are now playing in theaters.

Louis Leterriers Fast X drives into movie theaters this weekend, delivering plenty of action and a few surprise cameos.

As previously revealed, the films credit scenes mark the return of Dwayne Johnsons Hobbs and Gal Gadots Gisele. The third cameo is none other than Pete Davidson, who plays Bowie.

Davidsons cameo comes after the Fast fam Dom (Vin Diesel), Letty (Michelle Rodriguez), Han (Sung Kang), Tej (Chris Ludacris Bridges) and Ramsey (Nathalie Emmanuel) head to Rome on a mission led by Roman (Tyrese Gibson). Turns out, theyve been lured into a trap set by Jason Momoas badass Dante, who wants revenge on the crew and threatens to get it by blowing up the Vatican.

Following the Rome disaster, Ramsey, Han, Tej and Roman escape to London in an effort to get their money back Dante has wiped millions from their bank accounts and go off the grid.

Thats when Davidsons Bowie appears.

Bowie runs a divey internet cafe in East London what better front for a black market outfit? and is a friend of Ramseys from another life. But as the London team try to convince him to help buy some gear to protect themselves, Tej and Roman get into a squabble and Han realizes hes high on Bowies pot muffins and beginning to hallucinate. It all comes to a head when they realize Bowie has reported them to the Agency the covert organization for which theyve freelanced as super-spies since Furious 7 and they have minutes to get out before getting caught. Ramsey punches Bowie and they leave to go find Shaw (Jason Statham).

Davidson fans likely wont be surprised to see him in the movie though they might be a little confused given that his Peacock series Bupkis, which presents an absurdist and surreal version of the SNL breakouts life, has a whole episode inspired by his involvement in the Fast franchise.

So, they are pulling the offer on the Fast and the Furious,' Petes exasperated agent (played by NCIS: LA star Chris ODonnell), tells him at the beginning of Crispytown, the shows fourth episode.

Why? Because he was photographed doing whippets at the White House Correspondents Dinner. It was with the Avengers, like two of them. Cool ones, from the first movie, Pete argues. The only way to fix the problem is to perform at Diesels daughters birthday party in Miami.

Naturally, the episode morphs into a Fast and Furious style action-flick, with Pete and a sleazeball named Crispy (Simon Rex) getting into a high-speed car chase at its climax. (Lets presume he got his job back, shall we?)

In addition to his cameo in Fast X, Davidson also pops up in James Gunns Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, playing an alien named Phlektik.

Because Davidsons costume concealed his identity, it was relatively easy to keep his Marvel debut under wraps, but Gunn confirmed the cameo after fans spotted his name in the credits.

Gunn tweeted, Pete not only voiced but actually came to visit us in Atlanta for a day and played Phlektik on set, along with photos of the actor and comedian in costume.

I voiced the beautiful Lambshank. I dont want to show her here because shes too gorgeous I dont want folks to feel bad about themselves in comparison. And my friend Pete not only voiced but actually came to visit us in Atlanta for a day and played Phlektik on set. https://t.co/tyVPU7GsZg pic.twitter.com/2cKamjHqxS

James Gunn (@JamesGunn) May 7, 2023 Guardians marked the second time Gunn enlisted him for one of his films. Davidson played the anti-hero Blackguard in 2021s The Suicide Squad albeit briefly, because his face gets blown off in the movies opening sequence.

Next up, Davidson stars in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, which hits theaters on June 9. He voices Mirage, the movies central Transformer, an Autobot who teams up with Noah (Anthony Ramos) and Elena (Dominique Fishback) in the latest battle for Earth. Hes kind of like the rebellious Autobot, director Steven Caple Jr. has said of the character.

This fall, Davidson will appear in Dumb Money, about the January 2021 GameStop stock market explosion. Based on the nonfiction book The Antisocial Network by Ben Mezrich, Davidson is part of a star-studded cast led by Paul Dano, Seth Rogen and Sebastian Stan. Sony unveiled the first footage from the movie last month at CinemaCon in Las Vegas.