Random Hilariously Petty History Of 'Fast and the Furious' Behind-The-Scenes Drama (16 items)

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  (#11) Tyrese Threatened To Walk If Dwayne Johnson Was In The Next Movie

  Apparently the feud wasn't over for Tyrese. On November 1, 2017, he posted another series of Instagrams issuing an apparent ultimatum to the producers of Fast and the Furious: it's either him or Dwayne Johnson:

  Hello loyal fans and loved ones from OUR fast universe........ I’m sorry to announce that if Dewayne is in Fast9 there will no more Roman Peirce.

  The posts also hinted that Tyrese's concerns are largely financial. He implied that his Fast and Furious paychecks are helping him fight for custody of his daughter.
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  (#1) Vin Diesel Refused To Come Out Of His Trailer

  What could have set off an atomic bomb of drama in a group of people who constantly refer to themselves as family? It couldn't have been something so petty as Vin Diesel hanging out in his trailer. But according to The Hollywood Reporter, that's exactly what it was.

  The article says that, while filming Fate of the Furious, Dwayne Johnson was left waiting around on set for Diesel to come out of his trailer so they could film one of their final – and only – scenes together. Johnson apparently was left hanging so long that he finally got fed up.
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  (#16) Justin Lin

  • Producer/Director

  A number of different filmmakers have taken the helm behind the camera of the Fast series over the decades, starting with original director Rob Cohen. But no one has been the series' architect - and in many ways its savior - more than Justin Lin, who directed five installments beginning with Tokyo Drift and including the consensus best-of-the-series Fast Five. Of course, that number was supposed to be seven, as Lin was tapped to direct the final two films in the record-breaking franchise, Fast X (that is, of course, Roman for “10”) and the tentatively titled Fast 11.

  But shortly into filming the massively budgeted 10th film in the original franchise - 11th if you include the David Leitch-directed spin-off, Hobbs & Shaw - Lin abruptly and shockingly quit the film. Though the nebulous term “creative differences” was initially cited as the reason for his departure, more details slowly trickled out - and those differences sound eerily familiar to anyone who followed the Vin Diesel/Dwayne Johnson feud. As one source told the New York Daily News:

  Diesel shows up late to the set. He doesn’t know his lines. And he shows up out of shape.

  A summary in the Hollywood Reporter indeed confirmed it was issues between Lin and Diesel - the franchise's star and producer, a title he wields with all the decision-making authority of the industry's old star system - that led to the sudden change, with an on-set “blowup” being the final straw for Lin. Per THR:

  Justin finally had enough and said, ‘This movie is not worth my mental health.'
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  (#9) Tyrese Claimed Dwayne Johnson Is Delaying Future Films

  After going on the offensive against Dwayne Johnson's decision to film a spin-off in multiple posts, Tyrese finally admitted defeat in the great release date war. On October 4, 2017, Tyrese made an Instagram post to "promote" the new release date for Fast 9: April 10, 2020. He claimed that Johnson and the film's producer were attempting to make the franchise all about them rather than about the #originalfamily.

  Tyrese later expanded on his claims to TMZ:

  Pushing our release date back? It's only happened one time in the history of the Fast and the Furious, when we lost our brother Paul Walker. So what's the reason we're pushing the release date back now?

  I just got a problem with Dwayne, it appears he's being selfish, it appears that he's being so focused on furthering his own self interest that he's making decisions from the seat that he's sitting in.
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  (#6) Dwayne Johnson Thanked Everyone But Vin Diesel

  After wrapping Fate of the Furious, Dwayne Johnson made an Instagram post in which he thanked many of his cast members by name – except for Vin Diesel:

  Thank you to our director @fgarygray for the vision and execution. Thank you UNIVERSAL for being tremendous partners as always, thank you to all my fellow co-stars for the daily effort and grind. Scott Eastwood you handsome sumb*tch! Natalie Emmanuel I have a cold Budweiser ready for you and Tyrese Gibson you still have the biggest smile and forehead I've ever seen.
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  (#2) Dwayne Johnson Called An Anonymous Male Co-Star A 'Candy A**'

  After waiting for Vin Diesel to come out of his trailer and mumble some words, Dwayne Johnson decided to take to social media and air his grievances. In the interest of #family it seems like he decided to keep from calling out anyone specifically:

  There's no other franchise that gets my blood boiling more than this one. An incredible hard working crew. Universal Studios Entertainment has been great partners as well. 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 sh*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.

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