Diesel: McGregor left xXx to ‘get his manhood back’
Diesel says that he wanted McGregor for xXx: The return of Xander Cage, based on his “English” accent. McGregor left the project to concentrate on his rematch with Nate Diaz.
I wanted to have an English accent in the movie. I had created a role for Conor McGregor and after he lost to Nate Diaz, he had to go to a dark place, he had to go get his manhood back to fight the second time, so he wasn’t able to do this film at the time…I wanted this English accent to be speckled in the movie. But I also wanted someone that could do fight sequences. A lot of the UFC guys do great fight sequences in movies. You saw when I put Gina Carano in 6, and Ronda Rousey in 7. I had great experiences when putting UFC fighters in the movie, so I wanted someone that had that English accent, they talk like this, and I got Michael Bisping to come and do that.
Shares xXx photo
Jam shares photos and videos of himself with Diesel and Caruso, from the set of xXx. Diesel:
With my people, Nicky Jam. His first performance is in xXx. Arrrrr!
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Announces Riddick sequel, TV spin off
In an Instagram post, Diesel announces the next film in the Riddick franchise will be called Furia, and “DT” (director/screenwriter David Twohy) will start writing the movie sequel next month. He also says a TV show has been commissioned that will follow the bounty hunters and mercenaries in the Riddick universe.
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Fast spin-offs, sequels planned
Diesel says the team behind the Fast series is in the preliminary stages of developing prequels and spinoffs. He does not say which characters would get their own standalone films, but in the past, Dwayne Johnson has hinted that he’d like to see his character, Diplomatic Security Service agent Luke Hobbs, branch out into independent adventures.
We’ve written out story lines for various characters. “We’ve been playing with it for a long time. It’s a very rich property and we’re committed to treating it with a lot of class.
Diesel says the three Fast and Furious sequels will be different in tone from the adventures that preceded them.
We have a director [F. Gary Gray] who is going to bring the darkness out and bring out the character.
Diesel also praises the studio’s handling of Paul Walker’s death:
They took such a high road and allowed us to honor our brother in such a powerful way. Another studio couldn’t have helped themselves by exploiting that in the plot.