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Steffi's version The North American actor Vin Diesel to which whom Steven Spielberg made the role of Private Carpazo in “Saving Private Ryan”. Today he visited Madrid to present “The fast and The Furious” a film about illegal street racing, directed by Ron Cohen. Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, and Rick June among others complete the team of actors in the movie which premiers October 5. This film shows the subculture of fixed up cars and illegal car racing. Cohen captures the story and the characters of the film, explains Diesel who with furiosity brings to live the character Dominic Torretto. In the film Torreto during the daytime owns and works in a garage where he fixes and puts together cars for the racing world. In the nighttime he pilots his own racing car in where he makes bets of $10.000 dollars per race. His team always backs him up, until Brian (Paul Walker) an undercover cop that is investigating a series of truck highjacking. The “ multidimensional” of this character and the cars was what prompted Diesel to become part of this film. “ Cars and velocity have always fascinated me, when I was in College I use to drive a GSX-R. I use to drive at incredible velocities through Belt Parkway and the rest of the streets coming out of Manhattan.
Back then I was young and a risk taker and I loved the feeling of freedom the velocity gave, now I have more sense. Remembers the actor.The actors themselves, except for the dangerous ones, made almost all of the sequences of the movie. “ Almost all the sequences were done by us, and then finished by the specialists to give it more aggression. Explained Diesel. Who now drives under the speed limit, since tickets don’t appeal to him. Diesel who made his debut at the age of 7 in the theatre, and obtained his fame in the independent circuit, wanted to make clear that the role of the women in “The Fast and The Furious” was not only of decorative meaning. For this actor also the protagonist in Pitch Black, “ the women in the film are special elements in the film capable of anything, including driving and winning a race. REASONABLE LIKENESS The protagonist of “The Fast and The Furious”hopes that will be a hit, like it was in North America.“ I think that this movie will be well liked by people that are not attracted by cars oppose to those who are.” Said Diesel over a film that has enormous likeness to “ Point Break” a film started by Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves. Diesel responsible for the short film “Multifacial” which was projected in Cannes in 1995, and of Stray selected in Sundance in 1997, denounce that there are good story lines. needed in Hollywood. “ The public is tired of special effects, they want to see characters to whom which they can identify themselves with, just like good story lines.” Declared the actor that at 25 yrs felt frustrated, and decided to write, direct and produce his own films. “My frustration was the one that made me to write, and the necessity to direct them and produce them. The fact that two of my works were at two important festivals like Cannes and Sundance, was the opportunity for people to notice me and for my name to be heard in the independent circuit.” Said Diesel, who had the luck that one of the people to take notice of him was Steven Spielberg. In this sense the actor related that his meeting with the director of ET, was one of “ fairytale, Hollywood style.”“ I had been calling to Hollywood’s door for some time and the one that open the doors to me was of the greatest directors, the god of the movies.” Concluded an interpreter that is recently rolling “ Knockaround Guys”, with Dennis Hopper and John Malkovick, and “Diablo” in which he is also an executive producer.
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GoldunAngel's version American actor Vin Diesel, for whom Steven Spielberg wrote the character of private Carpazo in 'Saving Private Ryan', was visiting Madrid to present his latest movie, 'The Fast And The Furious', a film about underground racing directed by Rob Cohen. Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster and Rick Yune, and others, complete the cast of this film, wich will open in Spain next month (oct 5). "This movie shows what happens in the sub culture of underground racing and Cohen has taken especial care of the character and their stories", explains Diesel, who plays the role of Dominique Toretto, a guy that tests the cars during the day and drives his own car during the night, betting up to $10,000 per race, always surrounded by his 'group'; that is until Brian (Paul Walker), a cop undercover shows up to investigate a series of truck highjacks. The fact that Diesel's character (Dominic) was multidimentional, was what really attracted him to the movie and of course so did the cars. "I've always been facinated with cars and speed. When I was in college i had a GSX-R that i drove extremely fast by Belt Parkway and other Manhattan's streets. I was very young and reckless and i loved the feeling of freedom that speed gives. Now i've became more careful, the actor remembered. Almost every stunt was done by the actors exept the more dangerous ones. "We did almost every stunt and then they were done again by profetionals to give them more 'punch' or agresiveness", said Diesel, who drives under the velocity limits because he's not interested in speed tickets. Diesel, started acting at age 7 and adquire fame as an independent film director, also wanted to point out that the role of women in this film "wasn't just for decorative purpouse". For the actor, who started also in 'Boiler Room' and 'Pitch Black', "The women in this movie are all very special, they're not pasive, they're strong women, who are capable of winning races". REASONABLE LIKENESS The star hopes that "The Fast and The Furious", very sucessful in North America, also can do well in Europe. "I believe that this movie can appeal to both, people that love the wolrd of racing and those who don't like it". Diesel, responsible for the short 'Multifacial' (it was presented in Cannes in 1995) and the film 'Strays' (was selected in Sundance in 1997), pointed out the lack of good roles in Hollywood. "The public is tired of special effects, they want to see characters that they can indentify with, as well as good stories, said the actor who felt fustrated at age 25 and decided to write, direct, produce and star in his own stories. "My fustration as an actor made me write scripts and necesity made me direct and produce them.The fact that my two films were presented in two very important festivals made people notice me and made my name sound in the independent film world", said Diesel, who got lucky when one of the first people that thought of him was Steven Spielberg. Regarding this, the actor described his encounter with the E.T. direcor as "a fairy tale" Hollywood style". "I spent a lot of time knocking doors in Hollywood and the one person that opened the door one fine day was one of the most important directors, the god of films", finished the actor who also finished recenlty shooting 'Knockaround Guys' with Dennis Hopper and John Malkovick, and 'Diablo' wich he also executive produced. |
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