Vin Diesel Says He Gave Dwayne Johnson 'Tough Love' When He Joined the 'Fast & Furious' Franchise

Dwayne Johnson has become my most enormous buddy," Emily Blunt says of her co-star in a new featurette, exclusive debuting on ET. In Disney's latest adventure, the duo plays unlikely allies-turned-true odd couple (the movie is also a love story!), while on set, the actors didn't just become fast friends — they became swole mates.«I think I imagined that he would be larger than life — which physically, clearly he is,» Blunt says.

Jordana Brewster is on board for Meadow Walker to join the Fast Saga franchise.

Fast and Furious alum Tyrese Gibson recently got candid about his 2017 feud with co-star Dwayne Johnson. Gibson, 42, appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on to chat with guest host Tiffany Haddish and shared that he considers the latest Fast & Furious movie the most “vulnerable” yet and addressed his past feud with his co-star Dwayne Johnson. “We’ve been on the phone every other day.

Hollywood legend Helen Mirren recently returned as Magdalene Shaw aka Queenie in a cameo part in Fast and Furious 9. After fans loved her in her debut role, now Helen is opening up on the possibility of being a part of future films of the franchise.

Fast & Furious 9.Walker, who passed away in 2013, was an original star of the franchise, appearing as Brian O’Conner up until 2015’s Furious 7.Speaking to NME, Diesel opened up about casting wrestler Cena in the most recent film, admitting: “I’m a multi-cultural actor, you could’ve picked anybody to be my brother.“So there was a great moment of anxiety when it came time to think about who you would cast to be Jakob.

franchise continues to get faster and more furious with every installment, there are always potential surprises in store for the future.

Vin Diesel is dishing on John Cena joining the Fast & Furious franchise!

Vin Diesel thinks a lot of his co-star, John Cena. In “F9: The Fast Saga”, the brother of Diesel’s character, Dominic Toretto, is introduced as Jakob and is portrayed by Cena.

Last year, action megastar Vin Diesel made headlines when he insisted that the release of the hotly anticipated ninth “Fast and Furious” installment – that ever-beloved media franchise that officially cemented Mr. Diesel’s legacy and made him the icon he is today – would not be delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vin Diesel thinks a lot of his co-star, John Cena. In , the brother of Diesel's character, Dominic Toretto, is introduced as Jakob and is portrayed by Cena. While the former WWE star now seems like an obvious choice, Diesel admits on Wednesday's episode of that he experienced some «anxiety» about casting the role of his sibling. «Obviously I'm multicultural.

Fast and Furious films.The actor and producer reflected on the “tough love” he gave Johnson in order to get the best performance out of him as Hobbs.“It was a tough character to embody, the Hobbs character,” Diesel said in a new interview with Men’s Health.

movies, then the way they flip and fly and crash and casually stop global annihilation is, in fact, the titular role. Of course, we love Dom (Vin Diesel) and the rest of the Family™, but let's talk about the real reason we keep tuning in: The insane stunts, that only get more insane with each new installment.

The relationship between Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson is complicated.

The Fast and Furious franchise is all set to wrap up after two more sequels to F9 and it's certainly going to be tough for fans to bid adieu to it. Ahead of F9's release in the US, the lead cast of the film got together for a red carpet premiere event and it seemed to be the first thing towards normality amid the pandemic.

franchise can look forward to seeing more of Cardi B. ET's Nischelle Turner spoke to Vin Diesel at 's world premiere in Los Angeles, and he teased that there's more to come when it comes to the rapper's character, Leysa.Diesel first revealed that 28-year-old Cardi joined the cast in October 2019, teasing her involvement in an Instagram video of the two of them from the U.K.

It is not every day that Vin Diesel attends a major event with his kids. So, on Thursday (June 17), the 53-year-old star’s real family met his cinematic one.