Vin Diesel paid tribute to his late friend Paul Walker by sharing an Instagram post on Tuesday. The Instagram post features a throwback snap of Paul Walker and Vin Diesel. The artist captioned the post,
“Nine years… love you and miss you.”
Walker’s brother Cody praised Diesel for honoring his late brother while speaking to TMZ. He said,
“I think Vin and the whole family have done a good job tastefully letting the character ride off into the sunset. I think Paul would get a real kick out of where it’s gone. It’s gotten so crazy. It’s a wild, wild ride at this point.”
Cody also said that he can’t speculate what Vin will think, he just knows that He always takes a very serious approach to keeping Paul’s legacy in mind and has always done a really nice job paying tribute to his character.
Cody continued,
“They worked together and were brothers for years. They were all so young when this thing first started.”
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Paul’s co-star Jordana Brewster recently revealed her connection with him while speaking to PEOPLE. She said,
“I think when someone passes away that has a huge impact on your life and has had a huge impact, frankly, on so many people’s lives. Goes in waves where it’s super visceral at times, and it’s like it’s unimaginable that that person’s not with us anymore.”
She continued,
“It just gets very intense and then sometimes it’s less intense. But it just comes in waves, regardless of whether it’s that person’s birthday or not.”
The Fast and Furious star died on November 30, 2013. At that time he was in the middle of filming Fast 7. Paul’s brothers Cody and Caleb were approached to stand for his character.
Paul started his acting career as a child actor in the 1980s and the actor has appeared in The Turbo Charged Prelude for 2 Fast 2 Furious, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Fast & Furious, Furious 7, Monster in the Closet, Programmed to Kill, and many more.