Once Diesel invited Rock aka Dwayne Johnson to return to the Fast and Furious franchise but the latter firmly declined the offer

Hollywood heavyweights Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson both have a sizable fan base. The two stars worked together on one of the most popular movies, Fast and Furious, and everyone admired their friendship. The sad thing is that they aren’t friends in real life.

Since years, Johnson and Diesel haven’t agreed on anything. Diesel once extended an invitation to Rock, aka Dwayne Johnson, to rejoin the Fast and Furious series, but Johnson politely declined. Johnson had really charged Vin Diesel with manipulating the situation by bringing along youngsters and the late actor Paul Walker, who played one of the key roles. For a timeline of their tumultuous friendship, scroll below.

According to an Indian Express report, Vin Diesel once shared a still of their characters from The Fate of Furious on Instagram and told his “little brother” Dwayne Johnson that “the time has come”. He added that he promised Pablo (Paul Walker) that he would make the best Fast and Furious Finale. He further wrote, “I say this out of love… but you must show up, do not leave the franchise idle you have a very important role to play.”

However, Rock aka Dwayne Johnson remained firm on his words and revealed that he wouldn’t return to the franchise. During an interview, Dwayne Johnson said, “I told him directly that I would not return to the franchise. I was firm yet cordial with my words and said that I would always be supportive of the cast and will always root for the franchise to be successful, but there are no chances that I would return to the franchise.”

The Fast and Furious actor Dwayne Johnson also revealed that he wasn’t happy at all with the public post of Diesel on Instagram, the actor called it a manipulation since Vin Diesel’s mentioned Paul Walker’s death.

What really happened between the two?

The exact reason is still unknown. But the rumours of differences between the two sparked when Dwayne Johnson shared a revealing post on Instagram in the year 2016 and their feud became public.

In a now-deleted post, the actor had called his male co-star candy a**es. Later, in an interview Diesel said the enmity between the two stars was because of the tough love he was giving to Johnson to bring out the best performance. Now, only they two know what’s the reason but we will not see Dwayne Johnson in the Fast and Furious franchise – That’s final!

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