The ‘Fast and Furious’ star regrets not having dedicated himself more to directing
Vin Diesel He is best known for leading the ‘Fast and Furious’ saga and action titles or great shows such as ‘Riddick’, ‘Bloodshot’ or the ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ trilogy, where he provides the voice of Groot. However, the 56-year-old American star has also worked behind the cameras; he debuted as director with the short ‘Multifacial’ (1995) and made the feature film ‘Strays’ (1997), which he also wrote and starred in.
“I haven’t directed enough”
Since then he has not made a feature film again and, apparently, it is something that Diesel he regrets. Speaking with TheNational, the interpreter says that one of the greatest filmmakers in history, none other than Steven Spielberg, has encouraged him to return to the address with very strong words (remember that both of them coincided in ‘Saving Private Ryan’).
Vin Diesel’s words about Steven Spielberg:
“I saw him recently and he said, ‘When I wrote that role for you in Saving Private Ryan, obviously I was using the actor, but secretly I was also banking on the director in you, and you haven’t directed enough. It is a crime against cinema and you should go back to the director’s chair. I haven’t directed enough.”
The actor recalls that ‘Strays’ was presented at the Sundance Film Festival, where he became friends with Jon Favreau, another actor and director who at the time was also an aspiring filmmaker.It’s very funny because we were both students at Sundance as filmmakers, and he goes out to make The Lion King, Iron Man and all those great movies. It is fascinating. Then I think: Steven is right.“Declares Diesel.
The truth is that Vin Diesel has been talking for a long time, more than a decade, about a project that he would love to bring to the big screen: the story of the Carthaginian general Aníbal Barca. And he went so far as to announce not a movie but an entire trilogy.
“I haven’t done it yet. As grateful as I am for the successes, there are times when I say: God, you promised the universe, very specifically, the trilogy about Aníbal Barca, and you still haven’t delivered it. You have spread it all over the world“says the star. For now, unless he listens to Steven Spielberg, Vin Diesel continues to expand his career as a performer and we will see him again as Dom Toretto in ‘Fast & Furious 11’ in April 2025.
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