Vin Diesel Links 'Fast 8' to Oscars Potential and Discusses Darker Tone
Vin Diesel is promoting his film Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, and has taken the time to talk about his major franchise with Fast 8 the next installment to come. And Diesel is remarkably confident in director F. Gary Gray's potential for success.
"For as bizarre as that might be, he's definitely going to get his comeuppance. As crazy as that might sound, as he really should have been acknowledged for Straight Outta Compton, I think he went into making this movie with a little bit of a chip on his shoulder, going 'Oh, really? Ok. Now I'm going to take the biggest saga in the world, and I'm about to throw Oscars at you. Wait till you see what he does!"
Diesel said that Fast 8 "is different. It's very dark. My character is conflicted in a way that's really going to shock you. He's coming off a lot of emotion from 7 and the loss that 7 represents."
The official trailer for the film drops in December. It opens April 14, 2017.
Source: Comicbook
