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30 Sep, 2015

Blames Walker’s death on reckless driving

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In response to Meadow Walker’s suit, Porsche blames reckless driving and excessive speeding for the crash that killed Walker.

As we have said before, we are saddened whenever anyone is hurt in a Porsche vehicle, but we believe the authorities’ reports in this case clearly established that this tragic crash resulted from reckless driving and excessive speed.

28 Sep, 2015

Wrongful death suit

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Meadow Walker files a wrongful death suit against Porsche allege that the Porsche Carrera GT lacked safety features that could have prevented the accident or, would have allowed her father to survive the crash. She also alleges that Porsche knew that the specific car in Paul’s case had a history of instability and control issues.

[The company] failed to install its electronic stability control system, which is specifically designed to protect against the swerving actions inherent in hyper-sensitive vehicles of this type.

Lawyer:

The bottom line is that the Porsche Carrera GT is a dangerous car. It doesn’t belong on the street. And we shouldn’t be without Paul Walker or his friend, Roger Rodas.

23 Mar, 2015

Announces baby name

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Diesel announces the name of his and Jimenez’s new daughter. Diesel revealed that his new daughters name is a tribute to the Fast and the Furious friend and co-star, Walker.

I named her Pauline. There’s no other person that I was thinking about as I was cutting this umbilical cord. I just…I knew he was there…It felt like, you know, a way to keep his memory a part of my family and a part of my world.

Vin Diesel Named Daughter 'Pauline' After Paul Walker | TODAY

30 Nov, 2013

Walker, Rodas die in car crash

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Paul Walker crash imageMoments after Walker leaves an event for Walker’s charity Reach Out Worldwide, Rodas crashes their 2005 Porsche Carrera GT into a concrete light pole and trees on Hercules Street, LA. Both men are killed and their bodies are burned beyond recognition. The crash is visible from the event, and some of Walker’s childhood friends attempt to release  his body from the car, but are turned back by police.

12 Jul, 2013

Pawn Shop Chronicles

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Walker stars in Pawn Shop Chronicles, a crime comedy film centered around the events in and around a pawn shop that tells the story of three overlapping lives involving items found within the store. Walker’s character is Raw Dog, a meth addict who plots to rob a local dealer of his stash, but the plan falls apart when one of his co-conspirators pawns the shotgun needed for the crime.

Pawn Shop Chronicles Official Trailer #1 (2013) - Paul Walker, Elijah Wood Movie HD

7 May, 2013

Fast and Furious 6

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Walker plays Brian O’Connor in the sixth installment of the Fast and Furious series. In this film, Hobbs has Dom and Brian reassemble their crew in order to take down a mastermind who commands an organization of mercenary drivers across 12 countries. If they can pull this off, they have been promised full pardons for all.

It’s impossible to not go to work carrying 5 and 1 and the 12 years with you. This one, the process has been a bit different. We’ve been spending a lot more time tweaking as we go. We haven’t had that in the past. We were originally slated to start this project a while earlier, and it got pushed and then pushed again. And what we were up against was a pre-determined release date.

Fast & Furious 6 -- Paul Walker Interview | Empire Magazine

10 Mar, 2013

Hours

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Walker stars in Hours, a thriller film set in 2005 during Hurricane Katrina. Walker plays Nolan Hayes, the father of a newborn baby. Unfortunately, the hurricane floods the hospital and kills the power keeping the neonatal incubators running, and keeping his baby alive. He struggles in a life or death situation on his own as minutes become hours and the incubator runs out of power.

When we first made it I thought that this would be a fun journey, but I didn’t know if anyone would see it because it’s definitely not a commercial movie. It was pretty selfish; it was something I wanted to prove to myself. During filming, my agent asked me how it was going and I told him that I was telling the truth the entire time and there was only one or two times where I didn’t actually believe what I was doing and that’s when I told Eric (Heisserer, the film’s director) to scratch the take. If they don’t like this, then they don’t like me.

Hours TRAILER (2013) - Paul Walker Movie HD

10 Nov, 2007

Stories USA

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Walker plays Mikey in the film Stories USA. The movie compiles six cinematic stories about desperate lives in America. Walker is in the segment titled Life Makes Sense When You Are Famous, which portrays a down on his luck man and a movie star who are brought together by a car accident.

American Breakdown - Official Trailer

3 May, 2007

The Death and Life of Bobby Z

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Walker stars in and produces The Death and Life of Bobby Z as Tim Kearney, the body double for Bobby Z used by the American embassy. The film follows the attempts by Don Huertero, a Mexican drug lord, to find and Kill Bobby Z, a drug dealer who broke his daughter’s heart and led her to commit suicide.

Bobby Z (2007) - Trailer

20 Oct, 2006

Flags of Our Fathers

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Walker stars as Hank Hansen in Flags of Our Fathers, an American war film based on the book by James Bradley and Ron Powers about the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima. The movie tells the story of the five Marines and one Navy Corpsman who were involved in raising the flag on Iwo Jima, and the affect on their lives thereafter.

I think it depicts war for what it really is. These guys are now like brothers. They go off, they fight, their best friend dies right next to them. They don’t have time to cry about it, they gotta push forward…What the story’s really about is the unsung heroes, the guys that raised the first flag – all of whom were basically killed by the time that famous photograph made it back to the States.

Flags of Our Fathers [2006] | Trailer

24 Feb, 2006

Running Scared

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Walker stars in Running Scared as Joey Gazelle, a low-level mafioso for the Mafia member Tommy Perello. When a drug deal goes wrong, Joey is given the gun that killed several crooked cops and told to dispose of it.

I was going home with this character every day. A girlfriend of mine came out to spend two weeks with me. She left four days into it. I was all like, ‘What?’ And she goes, ‘I see you on set, you come home. You can’t relax. You’re all twitchy and jacked up on adrenaline.’ There’s no other way to do it.

Running Scared - Trailer

17 Feb, 2006

Eight Below

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Walker plays as Jerry Shepard in Disney’s Eight Below. The film is an adventure drama set in Antarctica, where brutal cold forces two explorers to leave their team of sled dogs behind as they fend for survival. Shepard vows to return to rescue them.

I spent almost a month, eight to ten hours a day, just working with the dogs, prior to jumping on the principal photography bandwagon…you have to earn their respect, much like you would with riding a horse. It was important that I had a relationship with each and every one of those dogs.

Eight Below (2006) Official Trailer #1 - Paul Walker Movie HD

30 Sep, 2005

Into the Blue

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Walker plays Jared Cole in 2005 action film Into the Blue. Jared is among a group of divers who find themselves in trouble with a drug lord after they accidentally find the illegal cargo of a sunken airplane.

At any given time working out there in Iceland we had 300 extras. It would be really stressful and super, super tedious for just about anybody, but what blew me away was just how calm and collected Clint Eastwood was every day.

Into the Blue Official Trailer #1 - Paul Walker, Jessica Alba Movie (2005) HD

26 Nov, 2003

Timeline

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Walker stars in Timeline, science fiction adventure movie, based on the book by Michael Crichton. Walker plays Chris Johnson, who leads a team of present-day archaeologists who are sent back in time to rescue their professor. The majority of the movie then takes place in medieval France during a battle.

There’s nothing cooler than knights and swords and all that stuff. I’m just a big kid. I love the Old West, too, but I really like this stuff.

Timeline (2003) Official Trailer #1 - Paul Walker Movie HD

14 Jun, 2003

Vehicle 19

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Walker plays Michael Woods in Vehicle 19, an action thriller originally released in South Africa. Woods, a foreign traveler, unknowingly picks up a rental car that will tie him to a web or corrupt local police. He must clear his name, but also stay alive.

Vehicle 19 - Behind the scenes

3 Jun, 2003

Turbo-Charged Prelude

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Walker acts in the Fast and Furious related short film, Turbo-Charged Prelude, in 2003 as Brian O’Connor. It is a 6-minute series of sequences that lead up to the Fast and Furious sequel, 2 Fast 2 Furious. New prints of the first film, known as Tricked Out Edition, will include the short.

The Turbo-Charged Prelude for 2 Fast 2 Furious

5 Oct, 2001

Joy Ride

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Walker plays Lewis Thomas in Joy Ride, a thriller road film. Lewis, in an attempt to win his childhood friend’s heart, offers to take her home from college. On the road, they encounter a murderous truck driver, Rusty Nail, and take it upon themselves to bring him to justice.

Joyride was an awesome script, I liked John’s shots…Steve Zahn’s awesome, I loved doing stuff with him, I laughed my ass off.

15 Jan, 1999

Varsity Blues

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Walker plays Coyote quarterback Lance Harbor in the 1999 film Varsity Blues. It is a high grossing coming of age sports drama that follows a small town high school football team and their overbearing coach through a rocky football season. The team deals with various adolescent issues and pressures in a football obsessed town, where losing is not an option. Walker enjoyed the role and admits wanting to be the character.

Who hasn’t dreamt about being a star player in virtually every sport, you know?…Here I was, I had the opportunity to play in front of thousands upon thousands of screaming fans, and I was the quarterback on top of it, you know?

17 Sep, 1998

Pleasantville

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Walker plays Skip Martin in the 1998 film Pleasantville. In the film, twins David and Jennifer are magically transported to Pleasantville, the location of a black and white 1950’s sitcom. Walker’s character has a love interest with Jennifer.

As far as preparation, I was pretty new coming into it. I consider myself really lucky…I didn’t have much experience as an actor, was pretty much out of the loop. Gary Ross, he took me in, walked me through the project and from what I hear it turned out pretty good.

Pleasantville - Trailer