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“I was an idealist”: Vin Diesel Wanted to Abandon Fast and Furious After $236M Sequel Tried Diluting the Brand


Hollywood has created countless films with thrilling car chases. And let us not overlook Vin Diesel’s action movie, The Fast and the Furious from 2001. It was a success in part because it followed the formula of attractive people driving attractive cars at high speeds. The Fast and the Furious stood out, thanks to its intense street racing sequences and, more importantly, its cast’s chemistry.
Nothing prevented the makers of The Fast and the Furious from turning the 2001 movie into a franchise after its enormous success. Did you know that Vin Diesel was given a $25 million contract for 2 Fast 2 Furious as the series’ main protagonist, but he turned it down?

The sequel, starring Paul Walker, was still created by the makers. The movie, which was directed by John Singleton, also featured Tyrese Gibson, Eva Mendes, Cole Hauser, and James Remar, among others.
Vin Diesel Declined The Invitation To Join The Fast And Furious AgainThe 2003 film, 2 Fast 2 Furious, helmed by John Singleton, received mixed reviews from critics. The most impressive aspect of that was that, while one of the main leads, Paul Walker was present, Vin Diesel wasn’t.

The actor, who is best known for his role as Dominic Toretto in The Fast and Furious series, later joined the franchise again, but he turned down a role in 2 Fast 2 Furious for an intriguing reason. According to reports, the actor was offered $25 million to star in 2 Fast 2 Furious, but he declined because he did not like the script or where the series was going.
He informed Hashtag Legend that he thought the first movie was a classic, but:

“After I made the first one, I remember being in a room full of big CEOs and the people who owned the franchise…One of the guys said to me, ‘We have to do this again’. I remember telling everyone at the table, ‘You can’t do this again. You can’t touch it. You have to leave it alone’.”
The actor, now 56, further added:

“I was an idealist and, to me, the script wasn’t continuing the story… They were capitalizing on the brand and milking the success of it as long as they could.”
In the third installment, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Vin Diesel made an uncredited cameo as Dominic Toretto. Later, he made a comeback in Fast & Furious 4 (a 2009 film), the fourth entry in the action film series.
Vin Diesel Was Not The Only Actor To Decline 2 Fast 2 FuriousRapper, Ja Rule portrayed a character named Edwin in the first movie, who competed in the opening race alongside Brian and Dom. If you are familiar with these movies, you can recall that Monica, a young woman, approached Edwin before the race and offered him a night out with her whether he would have won or lost.
Edwin was allegedly slated for a much bigger role in 2 Fast 2 Furious,” according to reports. But Ja Rule claimed in a 2002 interview that he declined the film because:
“I just felt it was not the best move for me as far as what I want to do in Hollywood right now.”
However, the real story, according to 2 Fast 2 Furious director, John Singleton, was as follows:
“Ja got too big for himself. He turned it down. He turned down a half a million dollars. He got 15 grand to be in the first movie. He was really big at that time. I guess Murder Inc. was throwing out hits and were making money hand over foot. He was acting like he was too big to be in the sequel. He wouldn’t return calls. I went to the studio to go see him — that’s just my mantra, I deal with a lot of music people. He was kinda playing me to the side and I was like, ‘What? What is this s***?’”
Despite receiving mostly unfavorable reviews from critics, 2 Fast 2 Furious made $236.4 million worldwide.
Fast X, also known as Fast & Furious 10, the tenth film in the series, recently hit theaters. Critics gave the movie mixed reviews, praising its action scenes and Jason Momoa‘s performance while criticizing the writing and direction.
2 Fast 2 Furious is currently streaming on Netflix.

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‘I am officially off the market’: When Margot Robbie revealed she made the ‘conscious’ decision of not dating actors


Margot Robbie revealed her decision to not date actors because of the media scrutiny that came with a public relationship of two high-profile actors
Back in 2015, A-lister Margot Robbie made a declaration that she would not be dating any actors. The actress may have alluded to her fiance Tom Ackerley, who she married the following year in 2016. In an exclusive interview with Marie Claire, she revealed that being in a relationship as an actor herself came with its own set of challenges. She believed that dating someone who was popular would add on to the media scrutiny.

Margot Robbie opened up on why she made a conscious decision to not date actorsTalking to Marie Claire, she claimed, “I am officially off the market.” She then shared the reasoning behind her decision and added, “I made a conscious decision not to date actors.” She continued to explain, “But not because I hate actors. That’s a nasty generalization to make, and that’s not the case. People take such an interest in your love life when you have a profile, it puts a lot of stress on a relationship.”
The Barbie actress continued, “So two people with profiles, I figure it’s just double the amount of scrutiny, and I’d like to avoid that at all costs.” This came after reports of her locking lips with Tarzan co-star Alexander Skarsgard started making rounds. It was reported that she was caught kissing the actor during the Sundance Film Festival.

Margot Robbie revealed she opted for a minimal lifestyle even after becoming an actorIn the interview, Robbie also opened up about how she was adapting to fame. She shared, “I have a normal 24-year-old life. If I were a waitress, I’d probably have the exact same lifestyle. I’d go to the same clubs I go to already, live in the same house with the same housemates, hang out with the same people.”
However, Margot Robbie tied the knot with Tom Ackerley who is an English producer and actor. The duo met on the sets of 2013 movie Suite Francaise where Tom was working as an assistant director. Post marriage, both of them launched their production company LuckyChap Entertainment.

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Monica Bellucci and Tin Burton at lunch in the restaurant in Selci Lama


For All Saints’ Day, the Hollywood star from Tiferno returned to his native Umbria to enjoy a moment of relaxation and then visit his parentsOn the occasion of the All Saints’ Day celebrations, the Hollywood star of Tiferno origin, Monica Bellucci, returned to her native Umbria to enjoy a moment of relaxation and to visit her father Pasquale and her mother Brunella.Flanked by her current partner Tim Burton, she went to lunch, together with about twenty old friends, at the Osteria del Musicista, which has always been her favorite restaurant, in Selci Lama.Menu dedicated to typical dishes of the area, which includes an appetizer with breadsticks lined with coppa, duck in porchetta and grilled pork livers, polenta with wild boar sauce accompanied by the very typical cappelletti in broth.To conclude, a dessert based on fried “ciaccia” with Nutella and roasted chestnuts.
Having paid the bill and greeted the restaurant owner and lifelong friend, Roberto Polchi, Monica brought home cappelletti and broth for a family dinner.

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‘Rocky’ Was Quite Different In His Original Screenplay, Sylvester Stallone Claims


Sylvester Stallone took his friend’s advice on a rewrite of the original screenplay to Rocky. A few tweaks later, he was on his way to major success.
In the new Netflix documentary Sly, Stallone discussed how he initially conceived of the project, which had a much harder edge. In the early version, Rocky was depicted as a “thuggish” character, inspired by Martin Scorsese’s crime drama, Mean Streets.

But Stallone’s perspective changed when a friend read the script and thought the boxer was too cruel for audiences to actually care about him.
Stallone recalled her crying.

“She goes, ‘I hate Rocky. I hate him. He’s cruel. He hits people. He beats them up.’”
Stallone took it to heart, and asked what he could do to soften the character.

“I said, ‘what if you stop short of it?’ Like, maybe he almost did. He could have, that’s his job, but he doesn’t?’ ‘That’d be nice,’” he added. “I said, ‘What if he had a girlfriend or something?’ ‘Yeah, that’s nice.’ So I go back, start writing that: ‘Girlfriend. Nice.’”
$117 million in box office later, a franchise was born.

Stallone also revealed that actor Dolph Lundgren sent him to the hospital during one fight scene in Rocky IV.
“Dolph Lundgren… he pulverized me,” Stallone says in the documentary. “Later that night, my heart started to swell—which happens when the heart hits the chest—and then my blood pressure went up to 260, and they thought I was going to be talking to angels. Next thing I know, I’m in intensive care, where I’m surrounded by nuns, and I thought, ‘OK, that’s curtains.’”
Stallone was in the hospital for nine days following the incident, praying for “one more round.”
“For the first minute of the fight, it is going to be a free-for-all,” Stallone told Lundgren. The Swedish actor joked in a separate interview that all he did was “obey orders,” explaining, “[Stallone] was the boss. I did what he told me.”
Doctors allegedly told Stallone that he received a blow to the ribs that made his heart rattle around in his ribcage, a condition typically seen in head-on collisions. “I did hit a bus, of sorts,” Stallone joked.

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