John Cena plays a new role in Fast & Furious as the brother of Vin Diesel Dom Toretto in F9 , Vin first met with Cena in his Dom shrine ‘ where he prepares and trains for his fast and furious films .
“I remember feeling as though Pablo, Paul Walker had sent him in, Diesel told the press. Paul Walker is certainly is one of the pillars behind the popularity of the ‘Fast and Furious ‘franchiseas he played the lead in every movie in the series before his untimely death in 2013.
His costar Vin Diesel is now crediting the late actor for John Cena appearance in the latest movie F9.
During a press conference held following the release of the trailer of F9 Diesel opened up about how he believes the spirit of Walker influenced the casting of John Cena who now plays as the brother to Vin Diesel in the new sequel.
“ I remember when once we started getting closer to production the director and I would talk about how harrowing it would be to actually cast a new Torreto ,there are so many directions you could go,”
“and I remember John Cena coming into this Dom shrine that I had where I would kind of go to meditate and train and start getting into that Dom state of mind ,and I remember John coming in and…. Call this crazy but I remember feeling as though Paul Walker had sent him “
“I remember talking to my director that night and saying my gut and my heart feels like this was meant to be “
