The real reason behind the cold war between Dwayne Johnson and Vin Diesel

Dwayne Johnson and Vin Diesel haven't been good friends for a long time. Johnson rejected the proposal of Diesel to return to the Fast and Furious franchise and accused his…

By Swagata Choudhury

January 3, 2022

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Dwayne Johnson and Vin Diesel haven’t been good friends for a long time. Johnson rejected the proposal of Diesel to return to the Fast and Furious franchise and accused his ex coaster of manipulation by bringing Diesel’s children and Paul Walker. Late Paul Walker was one of the lead actors in the series. In November, Diesel had shared a picture of their characters from The Fate of the Furious on Instagram and told his “little brother” Johnson that “the time has come”.

In November, Diesel had shared a still of their characters from The Fate of the Furious on Instagram and told his “little brother” Johnson that “the time has come”. He added that he promised Pablo (Vin Diesel’s nickname for Paul Walker) that he would make the best Fast & Furious finale.

Johnson, in a CNN interview, said: “I told [Diesel] directly that I would not be returning to the franchise. I was firm yet cordial with my words and said that I would always be supportive of the cast and always root for the franchise to be successful, but that there was no chance I would return. Vin’s recent public post was an example of his manipulation. I didn’t like that he brought up his children in the post, as well as Paul Walker’s death. Leave them out of it. We had spoken months ago about this and came to a clear understanding.”

Fans aren’t sure about what the beef was actually about. A few days ago Johnson shared a post but deleted it later. The post read as My female co-stars are always amazing and I love ’em. My male co-stars however are a different story. Some conduct themselves as stand up men and true professionals, while others don’t. The ones that don’t are too chicken s**t to do anything about it anyway. Candy a**es. When you watch this movie next April and it seems like I’m not acting in some of these scenes and my blood is legit boiling—you’re right.”

In 2021, in an interview, Vin Diesel stated that the bad blood started just because he wanted to bring out Dwayne Johnson’s best performance.

Johnson to this rubbished the statement. Further, he added that he didn’t come from the World of theatre but whenever he’s playing a character he gives his everything. He came from a completely different culture.