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TheFast and Furiousfranchise has been a source of celebration, entertainment, and the rebuilding of values of love, friendship, loyalty, and above all family. But in recent years, all of the star power and the legacy of the IP that has been around since the beginning of the new century has been diluted with controversies to the point of being insulting to the entire cast, not simply the participants of the said quarrel. Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson have both remained essential parts ofFast and Furiousand the absence of the latter from the finale is a fact that the former simply cannot let go of.
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Vin Diesel v The Rock: A Brief Timeline of their Feud
On August 2016, the feud officially began whenThe Rockindirectly bashed some of his co-stars from theFast and Furiousfranchise calling them“chicken sh*t”and“candy a**es.”The years that followed have been a sine graph of to-and-fro between him andVin Dieselas both reignited and conceded their differences, making it hard for the public to miss since most of it occurred via monologues on social media platforms and public interviews. Vin Diesel later clarified the basis of the feud in an interview toMen’s Healthin June, 2021:
“It was a tough character to embody, the Hobbs character. My approach at the time was a lot of tough love to assist in getting that performance to where it needed to be.”
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A month later, in Jul 01, 2025, The Rock finally drove the nail in the coffin regarding the 5-year feud when he stated toThe Hollywood Reporter,
“I laughed and I laughed hard. I think everyone had a laugh at that. And I’ll leave it at that. And that I’ve wished them well. I wish them well on Fast 9. And I wish them the best of luck on Fast 10 and Fast 11 and the rest of the Fast & Furious movies they do that will be without me.”
The 2019 spin-offFast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shawfeaturing Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham as the titular leads was the last film that The Rock appeared in for the franchise as Luke Hobbs.
Fast and FuriousFranchise Mourns The Rock’s Luke Hobbs
Although Dwayne Johnson’s character is intricately involved with theFast and Furiousfamily, the actor has remained adamantly absent from the frontier of the franchise since the 2016 dispute. As was made innately clear by Vin Diesel multiple times, the role of Hobbs is crucial to close out theFast and Furiousfilms. However, the feud which originated during filming of the eighth installment of the franchise still soars high on adrenaline to this day, especially after Diesel’s“manipulation”, as stated by The Rock after the former“brought up his children… as well as Paul Walker’s death”in a last-ditch attempt to ask the Hobbs actor to return forFast X —
“My little brother Dwayne… the time has come. The world awaits the finale of Fast 10… you must show up, do not leave the franchise idle you have a very important role to play. Hobbs can’t be played by no other. I hope that you rise to the occasion and fulfill your destiny.”
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Recently, an insider revealed details about Vin Diesel’s side of the argument and stated how his psyche has played into the online post that left The Rock massively annoyed.
“Vin tries so hard to be the man that other men want to be and women want to be with, but he’ll always be in The Rock’s shadow. His ego is extremely fragile and he can’t shake the feeling that Dwayne’s the better man. The sad thing is this feud isn’t about two guys, it’s mostly a one-sided thing and it’s all on Vin, who’s become obsessed with Dwayne.”
Clearly, The Rock is having none of it and it will be a sorry sight if the feud continues to linger even after Dwayne Johnson’s scathing reply to Diesel’s below the belt attempt when the latter tried to guilt his former co-star into returning for the final saga of their journey.
Fast Xpremieres on 09 July 2025.
Source:Radar Online
Diya Majumdar
Senior Writer
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Diya Majumdar is a Senior Content Writer at FandomWire with over 2000 published articles on the website. Since 2022, she has been working as an entertainment journalist with a special focus on films and pop culture.Among the countless genres and themes of Hollywood, the ones that particularly favor Diya’s tastes include Game of Thrones, DC, and well-aged thrillers and classics.
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