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Tokyo Drift, "I saw how people related to the characters’ stories as much as the cars and procedure." And Walker, below on the right, says it’s fun to have a job racing cars. "This isn’t Shakespeare, so we don’t take ourselves too seriously."”> EnlargeAnother lap: Diesel, above in his latest ride, says he has been leery of sequels. But after a cameo in 2006’s Tokyo Drift, “I saw how people related to the characters’ stories as much as the cars and action.” And Walker, below put on the right, says it’s fun to have a job racing cars. “This isn’t Shakespeare, so we dress in’t take ourselves too seriously.”
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By Scott Bowles, USA TODAY Fast and Furious is restarting its engines and putting something extra under the hood.
The fourth installment of the street-racing saga will have fruition of a rarity among franchises: the return of original stars. Vin Diesel and Paul Walker reprise their roles as outlaw and cop.
The movie is a signal of the strength of “quietude giants,” franchises that “might not be James Bond or Indiana Jones but still have a rabid following, especially overseas or on DVD,” says Paul Dergarabedian of Media by Numbers.
Even Justin Lin, who directed 2006’s Tokyo Drift, has been surprised by the franchise’s reach.
“I was in Barcelona, and a kid from Spain comes up and just says ‘Fast and Furious,’ ” Lin says. “It’s amazing how many kids know it.”
Indeed, the series has made $600 million worldwide and is one of Universal Studios’ best-selling DVD titles.
“We were doing a movie about illegal racing before most people even knew how popular it was,” Diesel says. “How many franchises are that based on the real world?”
But it’s not all generally received events, Walker says. “Who doesn’t like fast cars and hot women?”
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