Vin Diesel has never seemed so helpless

Vin Diesel’s behavior on the film set is said to be responsible for director Justin Lin’s exit from Fast & Furious. Whether this is true or not cannot be said with certainty. But since his reputation has been so publicly under fire, the franchise guru has really fired up the propaganda machine. And now exceeds the limits of good taste.

Vin Diesel’s Fast & Furious propaganda knows no bounds.

Recently, Vin Diesel tried to do Fast & Furious damage control. He drags long-time colleagues or franchise newcomers in front of the smartphone camera and wants to portray a particularly harmonious togetherness on the set. This has already happened with Jason Momoa and Nathalie Emmanuel. But that was nothing.

In the last three days, Diesel has gone against his normal rhythm 9 pictures or videos on Instagram released, all of which are intended to demonstrate the strong bond between the Fast & Furious family. This includes, for example, popular head-to-shoulder content with Jordana Brewster or Brie Larson. A cozy round with Sung Kang, Michelle Rodriguez, Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges, Brewster and Emmanuel actually conveys something like easy solidarity.

And now the literal family is in on it, too. Two pictures show Diesel’s sister Samantha Vincent, who has been around since Fast & Furious. original parts. is the producer of the series. In one of the recent videos, Diesel’s daughter Pauline makes an appearance. And that’s where it gets really spooky.

Diesel’s family have just arrived at the London location. Father and daughter cozy up to each other until the young girl announces: “I have something to say. I am grateful that everyone is together now. And that’s all that matters to me.“

It’s like Vin Diesel speaking straight out of the mouth of a seven-year-old. it’s the same”We are all family“-Rhetoric, as used by the actor since Lin’s exit has been particularly thick. A litany of gratitude and solidarity, of brotherhood and sisterhood and the myth of the blissful community of destiny.

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This seems all the more encroaching and transcending boundaries when it comes from a child. As if Pauline’s big eyes should tell you: “My father has a heart of pure gold! He can never be held responsible if long-time comrades-in-arms break up with him!“

But even such videos are toothless in the end. Not because they don’t develop emotional clout. But because they don’t answer the actual question. And that’s not whether Diesel has good intentions. Or if he thinks of his co-stars like siblings. The question is what he expects of his family.

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Justin Lin reportedly left because Diesel kept changing the script (via Hollywood Reporter). The actor doesn’t seem to understand why this might have been unprofessional and egomaniacal. He seems to think that eternal Regurgitation of the family myth compensates for any ruthlessness can. But it can’t. Not with Instagram videos or pious sayings. And not with elementary school children.

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