The Ridiculous Lengths That the Male FAST AND FURIOUS Stars Go To to Not Look Weak on Screen Are Laughable
It’s no surprise that a lot of big actors have egos, that’s just expected from these people, but you’d think that actors like Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, and Jason Statham, who always seem to explode with confidence, wouldn’t be so fragile when it comes to how they look on film.
When it comes to actors and their egos, a movie star’s image is everything, and it’s common knowledge that some of them are always gunning for the best parts, the best lines, and the best action scenes in a movie. When it comes to the male egos on the Fast and Furious franchise, the stars have to make sure that they don’t look weak on screen, and they go to ridiculous lengths to make that happen.
In a recent report from The Wall Street Journal, they offer some interesting behind the scenes insight that is going to make you laugh. You can’t make this shit up.
According to producers and crew members on the films, Mr. Statham, 51 years old, negotiated an agreement with the studio that limits how badly he can be beaten up on screen. Mr. Diesel, 52, has his younger sister, a producer on the films, police the number of punches he takes. And Mr. Johnson, 47, enlists producers, editors and fight coordinators to help make sure he always gives as good as he gets.
It’s hilarious that they have to keep score over how many punches they take in these films! This is how things began, but as the production move forward it was “eventually abandoned once everyone decided it was too complicated.” Ya think!?
However, according to sources, Statham would “swing by the editing room to weigh in on fight scenes.” Another example involves as scene from the 2017 film The Fate of the Furious, where Johnson is lying on the ground in from of Diesel, but he couldn’t just lie on the ground:
No moment in the movies appears too small for actors to nitpick. In a scene in 2017’s “The Fate of the Furious” that required Mr. Johnson to be lying on the ground at Mr. Diesel’s feet, he insisted his character at least be sitting up, according to a postproduction crew member.
Mr. Diesel’s sister, Samantha Vincent, weighs in on rehearsals and edits, people familiar with the situation said. “He’s falling down right here,” she once observed during a fight rehearsal, according to one person on set. “Is he going to get his licks back in?”
Wow! No wonder Diesel and Johnson didn’t get along — the egos on both of them are just too big! What a nightmare it must be to work on these films with these guys.
Look, I’ve been a fan of Diesel, Johnson, and Statham for years, I still am, but I can’t help but roll my eyes at this ridiculousness. These guys have everything they want! Why are they still having high school pissing matches like this in their 50s!? It’s kind of absurd, but it sure would make for a hilarious Hollywood-set movie!
I understand that these guys need to maintain an image. I get it, but taking it to this extreme is laughable. I haven’t heard anything like this in regards to action stars like Keanu Reeves or Tom Cruise. Maybe because they really are 100% confident in themselves or they just don’t care, while these Fast and Furious actors may not be as confident in themselves as they make themselves out to be.