The pair hasn’t shared the screen since then, with Johnson instead opting to star in the Diesel-less spinoff, Hobbs & Shaw.
“My little brother Dwayne… the time has come,” Diesel began his Sunday Instagram post, which reads like the script for a bad mafia movie.
I swore that we would reach and manifest the best Fast in the finale that is 10! 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.
Diesel’s mea culpa refers to Johnson as his “little brother,” a nickname that the actor expressed his displeasure with in the November issue of Vanity Fair.
“And the best way that I can describe a candy ass is: Life is so much easier, I have found, when you are not full of shit.
“Yet interestingly enough… as if every single crew member found their way to me and either quietly thanked me or sent me a note.
Diesel aired his version of events in a June Men’s Health interview, in which he chalked up their feud to his own “tough love” style, stopping just short of branding it “Fellini-esque.” Johnson gamely responded to the jab, telling V.F., “One part of me feels like there’s no way I would dignify any of that bullshit with an answer,” before later admitting, “I laughed.
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