Diesel: “Furious 7” End Is Cinema’s Best

By
Garth Franklin
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With “Bloodshot” set to be one of the last wide cinematic releases for some time, its star Vin Diesel has been out tirelessly promoting the movie and recently spoke with NME in the UK where an older film of his came up.

Specifically “Furious 7,” the seventh movie in the “Fast and Furious” franchise which was famous for being the final film of actor Paul Walker who tragically died partway through production.

A combination of special effects and Paul’s brothers as stand-ins allowed the filmmakers to craft an ending that saw Walker’s character drive off into the sunset to be with his family and that final few minutes of the film was handled both with care and respect, delivering probably the most honest and emotional moment of the mega-franchise.

Diesel though goes further than that, and in the new interview labels it as the best moment in cinematic history because it allowed men to cry:

“I didn’t want anyone to use the tragedy as a story plot. It was so important to me…It was a very, very tough moment.

But there was some solace in the fact that we were able to protect from the natural whim of a producer or anyone to say, ‘Well now you’re going to go avenge the character,’ and use it as a plot and we were able to do something so beautiful and so classy.

It might be the best moment in cinematic history. Not just in my career but in cinematic history. Men around the world – everyone was able to cry – but men around the planet for the first time in history were able to cry together.”

It’s a pretty sincere answer even from Diesel who is sort of famous for his grandiose statements, but also his loyalty to his collaborators. Diesel will return to his Dominic Toretto role in “Fast 9” which was pushed by a year this week and will now open April 2nd 2021.

“Bloodshot” took in $1.2 million in Thursday night previews and weekend estimates peg it at opening somewhere around the $10 million mark for the three day.