Famous for his image as a silver screen hero, the “soul” of the “Fast & Furious” series is a friendly and emotional person in real life.

If you just look at his appearance, Vin Diesel is probably someone that no one would dare to mess with. With a bald head, muscular muscles and a characteristic deep voice, Diesel is one of the “coolest” stars in Hollywood. But in reality, this actor is a very friendly and affectionate person.

Even his most prominent roles such as Dominic Toretto in the Fast & Furious series , the giant robot in The Iron Giant or Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy have one thing in common: they are all characters rich in love, always. puts the safety of those he loves first and is willing to sacrifice himself for them.

Actor Vin Diesel.

Constantly persevere

Vin Diesel has said more than once that he is a “colorful person”. The reason is that he never knew his biological father and was raised by his mother of three English – German – Scottish descent and his African stepfather. Vin Diesel is just his stage name. This actor was born in 1967 in California with the name Mark Sinclair.

Diesel’s stepfather is Mr. Irving Vincent – a theater manager and acting instructor. However, he was the first person to lead Diesel to become an actor, and everything happened by chance. When he was 7 years old, Diesel, his twin brother Paul and a group of friends snuck onto a stage with the intention of causing havoc. The children were caught by the theater’s artistic director. But instead of reporting to the police, Mrs. Crystal Field asked the naughty boys to participate in her upcoming play. That was Vin Diesel’s first theater experience, with the children’s play – Dinosaur Door .

From then on, Diesel began appearing in plays where his stepfather worked. At the age of 17, he started using the stage name Vin Diesel, and worked as a security guard at nightclubs to earn extra money to make ends meet.

After finishing high school, Diesel enrolled as an English major at Hunter College. However, the call from Hollywood made him decide to drop out of school after three years. Even though he had experience acting on the theater stage, Diesel still couldn’t get a chance in the film capital. After a year of struggling to find opportunities, he returned to New York. It was here that his mother gave him a book called Feature Film-Making at Used Car Prices and helped Diesel realize he could write his own scripts and produce his own films cheaply. This book was enlightening for Diesel – as he said himself – as it showed him that he could still take control of his career.

In 1995, Vin Diesel made the short film Multi-Facial with a budget of about $3,000 and filmed in less than three days. The work about Diesel’s brief experience in Hollywood was attended at the Cannes Film Festival that year.

After that, Vin Diesel returned to Los Angeles and raised $50,000 for his first film – Strays (1997). When completed, this work was screened at the independent Sundance Film Festival and received positive feedback. But disappointment once again overwhelmed Vin Diesel when the film was not as successful in terms of revenue as he expected.

He returned to New York in a depressed mood, then suddenly received his dream offer. Legendary director Steven Spielberg was very impressed by Diesel’s short film Multi-Facial and decided to give him a supporting role in the war film Saving Private Ryan (1998). Vin Diesel plays one of the seven soldiers assigned to rescue Private Ryan, under the command of Captain Miller (Tom Hanks). Saving Private Ryan was a huge success, grossing 481 million USD globally and receiving 5 more Oscars.

Vin Diesel is associated with the image of a strong, masculine hero of the “Fast & Furious” film series.

From here, opportunities continuously came to bald actor Diesel. In 1999, he voiced a giant robot in the highly appreciated film The Iron Giant and a year later played Riddick in the action-fiction film Pitch Black (2000). This “anti-hero” character has helped him gain a significant fan base and the recognition from Hollywood that he has long sought. A year later, this actor was chosen to play the main role in the project that will be associated with his name later – The Fast & the Furious .

Pillar of the “Fast & Furious” family

The Universal film was inspired by an article about the underground racing world and gathered potential actors such as Paul Walker, Vin Diesel or Michelle Rodriguez. Vin Diesel plays Dominic Toretto – a famous guy who specializes in “modifying” and racing cars. He is secretly investigated by the character Brian (Paul Walker) due to signs of involvement in daring car robberies… With a budget of only 38 million USD, the film became a phenomenon of the 2001 summer movie season with more than 200 movies. million USD in revenue. That success was a breakthrough in the careers of The Fast & the Furious cast , and opened up a close brotherly friendship between Vin Diesel and Paul Walker.

On screen, they are like puzzle pieces that complement each other: one has a grumpy appearance but appreciates gratitude, the other is romantic and always smiles. Together, they went through many missions and Brian even married Dom’s sister Mia to become true family members. In real life, they are a couple of close friends who always say good things about each other.

One thing not everyone knows is that Paul Walker once intended to leave the Fast & Furious franchise . Vin Diesel did not participate in the second part because he was busy filming the action movie xXx (2002) and only appeared for a few seconds at the end of the third part Tokyo Drift (2006). Universal decided to reunite the Dom-Brian duo in Fast & Furious (2009), but their plan did not convince Paul Walker. This actor was skeptical about the success of episode 4: “9 years ago, the movie stirred up young audiences. But everything changes very quickly and I’m not sure if this genre of film still has an audience anymore.”

As a result, Vin Diesel called Paul Walker and reassured his friend that he would also be in the movie. After receiving assurances from Diesel, Walker reappeared. Everyone knows the story after that: Fast & Furious was a huge success in terms of revenue, causing the producers to continue making Fast Five (2011), Fast & Furious 6 (2013) and Fast & Furious 7 (2014). ). Fast & Furious became the most popular film series in Universal’s history, and it probably wouldn’t be where it is today if it weren’t for the phone call from Vin Diesel to Paul Walker.

In the Fast & Furious film series , Vin Diesel’s character Dom can be seen as the breadwinner of the whole family. He lives by principles, with the safety of his family being number one. Dom can go into life and death, rushing into battles regardless of his own life to protect those he loves. Dom creates a sense of security for everyone and is someone who makes people believe that even if the sky falls, he will support them. Dom never turns away from his family, even when he was shot by his ex-girlfriend Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) in episode 6, because “you never turn your back on your family, even if they do that to you”. The character Dom has many similarities with Vin Diesel in real life, because contrary to his somewhat fierce appearance, Diesel is an emotional person.

Vin Diesel in real life is an emotional person and always considers family number one.

Emotional giant

There’s a little-told behind-the-scenes story about the Riddick series . In 2004, Pitch Black ‘s sequel The Chronicles of Riddick was not as successful as expected and publisher Universal planned to write off the series. But Vin Diesel stopped that plan, because he believed in it. Diesel agreed to appear in the final minutes of Tokyo Drift without asking for compensation, in return Universal would keep the Riddick movie line . Thanks to that steadfastness, in 2013, fans were able to enjoy the action movie Riddick with Vin Diesel continuing to play the main role.

As someone who is always attached to the members of the Fast & Furious film crew, Vin Diesel said he almost collapsed when he heard that Paul Walker passed away in an accident at the end of 2013. The brother that Diesel always affectionately called “Pablo” has passed away, leaving behind family, close friends and an unfinished project. There were times when Vin Diesel wanted to withdraw from Fast & Furious 7 because it reminded him too much of Walker. But voicing the tree man Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy brought peace to Vin Diesel. Only saying three words “I am Groot” in the entire movie, Vin Diesel had to record more than a thousand times for Groot. However, the cheerfulness from this character has brought optimism to Vin Diesel.

He continued to complete Fast & Furious 7 , to give Paul Walker a meaningful tribute. In March, he and his girlfriend welcomed baby girl Pauline – named after Paul Walker. After Fast & Furious 7 broke a series of box office records over the weekend, this actor posted the video of the song See You Again in the movie on his personal Facebook page with the message: “Pablo, you did it.” Turn the whole world into one family this weekend.”

Vin Diesel has never been honored at awards like the Oscars or Golden Globes, but he has earned respect and love from tens of millions of fans, not only because of his action roles, but also because of his children. A person who is rich in affection and sincerity.