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Re: Interesting Facts You Probably Don't Know About The Fast&Furious Franchise. by Explorers(m): 4:40am On Oct 30, 2015
Fans write messages on a tribute wall dedicated to Paul Walker and Roger Rodas at the site where they died last weekend north of Los Angeles.

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Re: Interesting Facts You Probably Don't Know About The Fast&Furious Franchise. by Explorers(m): 4:41am On Oct 30, 2015
Public tribute: Paris Hilton charters a plane with a banner to send her condolences to Paul Walker's friends and family.

Re: Interesting Facts You Probably Don't Know About The Fast&Furious Franchise. by Explorers(m): 4:56am On Oct 30, 2015
11. Both Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster were cast despite not having driver's licenses.

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Re: Interesting Facts You Probably Don't Know About The Fast&Furious Franchise. by Explorers(m): 5:08am On Oct 30, 2015
FANS just can’t seem to get enough of Fast & Furious movies.


The franchise’s latest instalment, Furious 7, is the biggest movie in the world right now, pulling in more than $497 million world wide since being released last week(Just one week of release), 2015.



http://mobile.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/fast-furious-films-things-you-might-not-know/story-e6frfmw0-1227292992397

Re: Interesting Facts You Probably Don't Know About The Fast&Furious Franchise. by Explorers(m): 5:09am On Oct 30, 2015
Fast7.

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Re: Interesting Facts You Probably Don't Know About The Fast&Furious Franchise. by Explorers(m): 5:24am On Oct 30, 2015
Fast 6 Magic: The crew was chasing a plane at the airport, trying to stop the takeoff. "They we're not chasing a plane, but a Truck."


https://wormjournal./2013/10/08/fast-the-furious-6-making-of-behind-the-scenes/?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C2150597225
cc: dominique

Re: Interesting Facts You Probably Don't Know About The Fast&Furious Franchise. by Gidoka(m): 5:34am On Oct 30, 2015
this is interesting
Re: Interesting Facts You Probably Don't Know About The Fast&Furious Franchise. by Explorers(m): 6:11am On Oct 30, 2015
Gidoka:
this is interesting
Thanks bro.

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Re: Interesting Facts You Probably Don't Know About The Fast&Furious Franchise. by Explorers(m): 7:57am On Oct 30, 2015
12. Body doubles, stunt doubles, andCGI were used to complete the film following Paul Walker’s death. Walker’s brothers Caleb Walker and Cody Walker were among the doubles, and also provided voice over for the character Brian O’Conner.

Re: Interesting Facts You Probably Don't Know About The Fast&Furious Franchise. by winetapper: 8:02am On Oct 30, 2015
Nice one following
Re: Interesting Facts You Probably Don't Know About The Fast&Furious Franchise. by Explorers(m): 8:03am On Oct 30, 2015
13. At 2 hours and 17 minutes, this series of the movie is the longest one yet.

Re: Interesting Facts You Probably Don't Know About The Fast&Furious Franchise. by Explorers(m): 8:12am On Oct 30, 2015
14. The car Brian (Paul walker) drives at the last scene, as a bid off to his character, is a white Toyota Supra. This is a clear reference to the first film in which he also drove a Toyota Supra.

Re: Interesting Facts You Probably Don't Know About The Fast&Furious Franchise. by Explorers(m): 8:21am On Oct 30, 2015
15. Jordana Brewster (Mia) was casted in the movie even though she didn’t have driver’s license. Shehad to learn driving in NY and pass the driver’s test in one take.

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Re: Interesting Facts You Probably Don't Know About The Fast&Furious Franchise. by Explorers(m): 8:21am On Oct 30, 2015
16. In the final racing scene, when Dominic’s car hits the truck and flips in the air, you can clearly see the stunt driver’s helmet as the car turns in the air.

Re: Interesting Facts You Probably Don't Know About The Fast&Furious Franchise. by Explorers(m): 8:47am On Oct 30, 2015
17. Being an action packed movie, Fast 7 had a breathtaking line up of vehicles that was worth $ 250 million.



source: http://www.fireflydaily.com/12-fast-and-furious-facts-that-made-this-movie-so-special/

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Re: Interesting Facts You Probably Don't Know About The Fast&Furious Franchise. by Explorers(m): 11:05am On Oct 30, 2015
18. The idea for the opening heist of a fuel tanker originated with the brainstorm that gear heads like Dom wouldn’t be able to afford gas, so they’d have to steal it. Michelle Rodriguez during the opening sequence.

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Re: Interesting Facts You Probably Don't Know About The Fast&Furious Franchise. by Explorers(m): 11:11am On Oct 30, 2015
19. Fast 4: The trucker’s iguana in the scene wouldn’t bite the driver’s ice cream, as Lin wanted. In the commentary, Lin says the lizard was starved for two weeks and brought back to the set. When it still didn’t bit the ice cream, they decided to make it happen with CGI.



https://www.yahoo.com/movies/70-things-the-fast-and-the-furious-franchise-115039400337.html?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C7071869107

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Re: Interesting Facts You Probably Don't Know About The Fast&Furious Franchise. by Explorers(m): 11:12am On Oct 30, 2015
winetapper:
Nice one following

Thanks bro.
Re: Interesting Facts You Probably Don't Know About The Fast&Furious Franchise. by Explorers(m): 11:18am On Oct 30, 2015
20. The Rock was cast in the films thanks to a Facebook comment. Dwayne Johnson’s character, Agent Hobbs, was originally supposed to be played by a much older actor, but when director Justin Lin and Diesel saw a Facebook comment talking about how cool it would be to see The Rock go toe-to-toe with Diesel, the two couldn’t resist. They re-worked the part and offered it immediately to the wrestler/actor.


http://blog.peopleschoice.com/2015/04/02/fast-and-the-furious-surprising-movie-facts/

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Re: Interesting Facts You Probably Don't Know About The Fast&Furious Franchise. by Explorers(m): 11:23am On Oct 30, 2015
21. Paul started his small screen career as a toddler, when he starred in a commercial for Pampers in the 1970’s.

Paul was a natural actor and started working in television in 1985 at the age of 11, appearing in “Highway to Heaven”, “Touched by an Angel”, “Throb” and others before moving on to the big screen.

Re: Interesting Facts You Probably Don't Know About The Fast&Furious Franchise. by Explorers(m): 11:28am On Oct 30, 2015
22. Paul Walker majored in Marine Biology at the California community college, and was a huge fan of Marine Biologist Jacques-Yves Cousteau.

Although Paul enjoyed acting, his first love was always marine biology. He was a board member of the Billfish Foundation, and did many projects including “Expedition Great White” for National Geographic. Keep this in mind the next time you watch “Into the Blue”.

Re: Interesting Facts You Probably Don't Know About The Fast&Furious Franchise. by Explorers(m): 11:31am On Oct 30, 2015
23. Paul was always held in high regard and was close friends with his “Fast and Furious” co-star Tyrese Gibson. Vin Diesel considered Paul to be like a brother, and affectionately called him “Pablo”.

Paul Walker’s mother often referred to her son as Vin Diesel’s “other half”. Perhaps the chemistry between the cast members is part of the reason why the Fast and Furious franchise has been so successful.

Re: Interesting Facts You Probably Don't Know About The Fast&Furious Franchise. by Explorers(m): 11:33am On Oct 30, 2015
24. Paul had a brown belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

When Paul was tragically killed, he was already a brown belt at the Paragon Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy in California, under instructor Ricardo ‘Franjinha’ Miller. Following Walker’s death, Miller decided to honor Paul by posthumously bequeathing the actor his black belt at a memorial held by his family.

Re: Interesting Facts You Probably Don't Know About The Fast&Furious Franchise. by Explorers(m): 11:36am On Oct 30, 2015
25. Paul was known for having a huge heart and always helped people in any way he could.


Paul was involved in helping many victims of the earthquake in Haiti, and started a charity organization called ‘Reach Out Worldwide‘ which still assists areas affected by natural disasters around the world. Once he was in a jewelry store one day when he noticed a young U.S. military veteran with his fiance shopping for a wedding ring. Paul went to the manager and said “Put that girl’s ring on my tab.”

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Re: Interesting Facts You Probably Don't Know About The Fast&Furious Franchise. by Explorers(m): 11:38am On Oct 30, 2015
26. Unfortunately the second victim of the fatal crash, Roger Rodas, did not get as much world-wide attention as Paul.


Roger Rodas was a friend, racing competitor, and co-owner with Paul at a car customization business called “Always Evolving”. Roger was also Paul’s financial advisor, and they performed a lot of charity work together. In fact, they were on their way to a fund raiser event for “Reach Out Worldwide” when they had the accident.

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Re: Interesting Facts You Probably Don't Know About The Fast&Furious Franchise. by Explorers(m): 11:39am On Oct 30, 2015
27. Vin Diesel named is daughter “Pauline” in memory of his co-star, friend and brother.


source: http://www.unbelievable-facts.com/2015/04/facts-about-paul-walker.html

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Re: Interesting Facts You Probably Don't Know About The Fast&Furious Franchise. by Explorers(m): 11:45am On Oct 30, 2015
28. The two brothers, 2001 vs 2013.

Re: Interesting Facts You Probably Don't Know About The Fast&Furious Franchise. by Explorers(m): 11:53am On Oct 30, 2015

Re: Interesting Facts You Probably Don't Know About The Fast&Furious Franchise. by Lanceslot(m): 2:03pm On Oct 30, 2015
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Re: Interesting Facts You Probably Don't Know About The Fast&Furious Franchise. by longjohnsilver: 4:25pm On Oct 30, 2015
nice.one op...one of d best franchise in recent times...

RIP Paul Walker...

its neva easy to lose a loved one...lost my old classmate yday...still hurts men...

life is vanity...enjoy it while it last cos u dont know ur last moments.

Peace.

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Re: Interesting Facts You Probably Don't Know About The Fast&Furious Franchise. by Explorers(m): 4:48pm On Oct 30, 2015
longjohnsilver:
nice.one op...one of d best franchise in recent times...

RIP Paul Walker...

its neva easy to lose a loved one...lost my old classmate yday...still hurts men...

life is vanity...enjoy it while it last cos u dont know ur last moments.

Peace.

You are right bro&sorry about your friend. May his soul rest in perfect peace.
Re: Interesting Facts You Probably Don't Know About The Fast&Furious Franchise. by Explorers(m): 4:49pm On Oct 30, 2015
Lanceslot:
Thump up Explorers... Explore 24HOUR too.

Thanks bro.

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