What Is Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnsons Beef

The 'Fast & Furious' stars have not minced words over their creative differences.

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By  · Published on July 29th, 2021

Brief History is a column that tells yous all you need to know about your favorite — and non so favorite — pop culture topics. This entry looks at the public feud between Fast & Furious stars Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson.

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Two of Hollywood's beefiest men accept beef.

If you've followed whatever of the press coverage for F9,the 10th motion-picture show of the Fast & Furiousfranchise, yous may know that two of the franchise's stars, Vin Diesel fuel, who plays Dominic Toretto, and Dwayne Johnson, who plays Luke Hobbs, have had a public warring of the words.

The latest on the Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson beef

The supposed beef between Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson resurfaced in June of this twelvemonth during a Men'southward Wellnessinterview with Diesel fuel. In discussing his work with Johnson, who fabricated his franchise debut in Fast Five(2011) but is not in F9, Diesel fuel commented on his co-star'south performance with what some might say is a hint of condescension:

"It was a tough character to embody, the Hobbs character. My approach at the time was a lot of tough love to assist in getting that performance where it needed to exist. Every bit a producer to say, Okay, we're going to take Dwayne Johnson, who's associated with wrestling, and we're going to force this cinematic world, audience members, to regard his character as someone that they don't know — Hobbs hits you like a ton of bricks. That'south something that I'm proud of, that aesthetic. That took a lot of work. We had to become there and sometimes, at that time, I could give a lot of tough love. Non Felliniesque, merely I would practise annihilation I'd have to do in order to get performances in anything I'm producing."

Johnson responded a month subsequently while promoting Jungle Cruise,in an interview withThe Hollywood Reporter:

"I laughed and I laughed hard. I think everyone had a laugh at that. And I'll leave information technology at that. And that I've wished them well. I wish them well on Fast 9. And I wish them the best of luck onFast tenand Fast 11 and the balance of theFast & Furious movies they do that will exist without me."

How did this all start? Here's a cursory history of the alleged feud between these two Hollywood stars:

The "Candy Donkey" Post

The feud between Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson beginning became public in August of 2016. Johnson took to Instagram to vent his frustration during the filming of The Fate of the Furious,the franchise'due south eighth installment. Although the postal service was later deleted,Esquireprinted this quote:

"Some comport themselves as stand up men and true professionals, while others don't. The ones that don't are too craven shit to do annihilation about it anyway. Candy asses."

The post sparked a slew of speculation as to which of his male co-stars Johnson might be referring to. It didn't take TMZ too long to put the pieces together. Co-ordinate to the outlet, Johnson was referring to Diesel, who was also one of the picture show's producers. Diesel had "fabricated decisions that didn't sit down well with the former wrestling gnaw."

Tensions on prepare grew so high that it became difficult to end shooting scenes. After Johnson's post, the two met to hash out their beef. "Nosotros do not know if they resolved their problems," TMZ reported.

The Spin Zone

The public spat betwixt Vin Diesel fuel and Dwayne Johnson escalated farther when filming wrapped. Johnson thanked many of his co-stars on Instagram merely failed to proper noun Diesel. In the months that followed, Diesel fuel, Johnson, and their co-stars tried to counter the prevailing narrative. Michelle Rodriguez, who plays Letty Ortiz, told People mag:

"They're 'bros', man. They're friends, and ultimately even friends reach a point where they have to set aside their differences to make a movie for multi-cultural people effectually the world, and that is the bigger scheme of things."

In 2017, days before the release ofThe Fate of the Furious,Diesel fuel also tried to quell whatsoever fears among fans that the two were no longer friendly. He told USA Today:

"I don't think the globe actually realizes how close nosotros are, in a weird way. I think some things may exist blown out of proportion. I don't remember that was his intention. I know he appreciates how much I piece of work this franchise. In my house, he's Uncle Dwayne."

Xi days later on, word got out that the beef originated over "real estate," as in who got the best activeness in the film. "It became a large outcome for Dwayne and Vin," TMZ reported, "but ultimately, Dwayne acknowledged it was Vin's motion picture — he'due south listed #i on the call canvass."

TMZ confirmed that both were "1000% in" to star alongside one another in the side by side film. Clearly, things did not become equally planned.

The Fallout

During a 2018 interview with Rolling Stone, Dwayne Johnson was asked nigh his beef with Vin Diesel. He got honest:

"Vin and I had a few discussions, including an important contiguous in my trailer. And what I came to realize is that we take a fundamental difference in philosophies on how nosotros approach moviemaking and collaborating. It took me some time, but I'm grateful for that clarity. Whether nosotros work together over again or non."

When asked whether he would star in another film with Diesel, Johnson simply replied, "I'm not quite sure."

The following yr, Johnson starred in the franchise spin-off feature Fast & Furious Presents:Hobbs & Shaw. Diesel did non produce nor does he appear in that movie, which is instead co-led by Johnson and Jason Statham,who plays Deckard Shaw.

Information technology then became public that Johnson would non, in fact, announced inF9.The official reason Johnson gave was that the filming conflicted with the promotional schedule for Hobbs & Shaw. He told MTV:

"As of at present, we're not in 'Fast 9' because they're getting ready to starting time shooting. But who knows, with 'Fast x′ and down the route, you lot never know."

Do you believe his response? I'thou not and then sure. After all, Statham found the time for a brief cameo appearance at the stop of F9. Where is Johnson?

Is the Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson beefiness real?

Volition Dwayne Johnson ever announced alongside Vin Diesel in another Fast & Furiousmovie? Who knows. Information technology depends on whether y'all call back the beefiness is real in the kickoff identify. Later all, Johnson himself has hinted that it may all accept been for publicity. He told the Los Angeles Times in 2016:

"Would Universal [Pictures] have preferred that didn't happen? Sure, we talked almost information technology. The irony is after that and as they do their tracking and all their assay, the interest shot through the roof to a whole other level."

But that was 5 years ago, and the beef now seems a lot more personal and public than it did dorsum and so.

Emily Blunt, who co-stars with Johnson inJungle Cruise, was interviewed alongside Johnson for the Hollywood Reporter article published earlier this month. And she weighed in on the feud. "Just thank God [Diesel fuel] was there," she said, adding to Johnson's comments. "Thank God. He carried you through that."

To which Johnson replied, getting in a final jab, "Felliniesque."

Seems pretty real to me. What do you think?

Related Topics: Dwayne Johnson, Vin Diesel

Will DiGravio is a Brooklyn-based critic, researcher, and video essayist, who has been a contributor at Film School Rejects since 2018. Follow and/or unfollow him on Twitter @willdigravio.

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