Vin Diesel has long stated his hope to somehow bring back the character of Brian O’Conner in Fast Forever, but if it does happen it will be without the assistance of late actor Paul Walker’s brothers this time around.
After Paul Walker died in a car accident in 2013 while Furious 7 was in production, his brothers Cody and Caleb Walker (along with actor John Brotherton) were used as doubles during the remainder of the shoot. Visual effects were then used to map Paul’s likeness over the stand-ins.
Chatting with Entertainment Weekly, Cody Walker said neither he nor Caleb will do that again for what’s been touted as the final film in the Fast and Furious franchise. Instead, Walker suggested artificial intelligence could be used this time to bring Brian back.
“My stance is, it’s what Meadow [Paul’s daughter] wants to see done; it’s her father,” Cody said. (Meadow Walker cameoed in Fast X and Vin Diesel even walked her down the aisle at her wedding.)
“I would not be interested in doing that again. I love the way his character exited the franchise. They didn’t kill him off, they didn’t do something cheesy like that. It’s beautiful, [Brian] is off raising his kids,” Cody said.
“But if they want to do that, if Meadow would like to see that, they don’t need me or Caleb. AI was not a thing back in 2014, so they could do that. There’s years of footage that was never used from these other Fast films. They’re the best in the business, they can figure that out.”
The Walker brothers previously said back in 2018 that they were hopeful there was a way the series could bring back Paul’s character even though earlier reports suggested the franchise would simply retire the character of Brian O’Conner. But as fans of the franchise know, that isn’t quite what ended up happening.
Fast 9 director Justin Lin confirmed that Brian O’Conner is still alive in the Fast universe. At the end of Furious 7, Brian and his girlfriend Mia Toretto (Jordana Brewster) flee the outlaw life in order to raise their children in safety. And while the specter of Walker looms over the subsequent Fast & Furious films, and Brian and Mia have been mentioned, the series avoided directly bringing Brian back … until the very last scene of Fast 9.
سەرچاوەی فەرمی بە زمانی ئینگلیزی: https://www.ign.com/articles/paul-walkers-brother-suggests-ai-could-bring-back-brian-oconner-for-fast-and-furious-finale
