VIN DIESEL NEWS

Diesel Fuels Career
-WENN, 27 September 2001 

Vin Diesel will earn more than $11 million to star as the lead character in The Chronicles Of 
Riddick, the sequel to the 2000 sci-fi film Pitch Black. Chronicles, which has yet to find a 
director, will be released in the summer of 2003. The in-demand actor was still in talks late on Tuesday to take up the role. He had been considering a rival offer to play the title role in 
Daredevil, a Fox adaptation of the Marvel Comics serial about a blind lawyer who becomes a superhero. He instead chose to reprise the Riddick role he originated in the David Twohy-directed Pitch Black. 

Vin Diesel: I Don't Want To Be An Action Hero
- WENN, 20 September 2001 

Hollywood's newest hardman Vin Diesel is happy to stick to playing bad boys on screen, insisting he has no desire to be an action hero like Bruce Willis or Pierce Brosnan. The actor admits he's flattered by those who believe he's got what it takes to be a movie good guy, but he'd rather be a villain. He says, " I've heard a lot of people say that I'm going to be the next action hero. Well, that's incredibly flattering, but honestly I don't approach an action film any different than I would something like Saving Private Ryan. If I'm going to be the next action hero, don't think for a moment I'm going to disregard the acting and think that the action can take over. The acting is what I need to do. Hopefully, people see that in the work. Hopefully, you're being entertained by the character. We don't learn anything from the whitewashed heroes. We learn from the imperfect. You learn more from guys like Robert De Niro in Raging Bull than you do from James Bond." 

Vin Diesel's Perfect Act
- WENN, 31 August 2001 

Rising star Vin Diesel believes his time as a Hollywood bouncer has made him the man he is today. The Pitch Black actor is a perfectionist who takes his work deadly seriously, and worries that other actors may think he is just being difficult. The strapping actor who recently hit box office gold with The Fast And The Furious says, "I am adamant about perfection and do take work very seriously, so in the face of 'Just tell me where to stand' actors, I guess I'm difficult." Diesel, who had a part in Saving Private Ryan, can't stand boring movies, "I care about making the most of the film and I want people to get as excited as I am. Pitch Black could very easily have been Supernova... am I right? The reality is films can be bland all the time unless there are people who are adamant about making it real." 

XXX Marks The Spot For Vin Diesel
- WENN, 1 August 2001

Vin Diesel will see his salary rise to $10 million when he takes the lead role in action movie 
XXX. Diesel has become hot property in Hollywood thanks to the surprise success of car chase thriller The Fast And The Furious. XXX has been described as an extreme James Bond adventure with an urban feel to it. The movie is due to go into production this autumn with plans to release the film next July.

Diesel Puts His Foot Down For Romance
- WENN, 3 July 2001

Love was in the air on the set of the The Fast And The Furious. Co-stars Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez did not have to act too much to play lovers in the hit drag-race movie. The rough-and-tumble couple fell for each other on the set, and their relationship heated up in recent weeks. Rodriguez, who shot to It Girl status as the star of Girlfight, was canoodling 
Diesel at Float on Thursday night. The next morning, she told shock jock radio host Howard Stern that Diesel "will be a part of my life for a very long time." 

Vin Diesel Studied For Racing Role
- WENN, 28 June 2001

American actor Vin Diesel is dazzling audiences with his high speed escapades in his new movie The Fast And The Furious, but he had to go to school to learn how to look so cool. Diesel attended stunt-driving school in Las Vegas, Nevada, for his role as a streetwise racer in the movie, so that he could look convincing. But the star found the experience all too gruelling. He says, "School started at 6am, and I'd be just getting back to my hotel room thinking, 'How can I at least make it look like I slept?'" Diesel plays the king of the Los Angeles street-racing scene. The film follows his uneasy friendship with a new kid on the block, who turns out to be an undercover cop. 

Vin Diesel Surprised At Sex Symbol Status
- WENN, 22 June 2001

The Fast And The Furious star Vin Diesel is stunned with his sex symbol status - because he makes no effort to gain female admirers. The 33-year-old New York native admits that, despite his past days of working hard to attract the attentions of females, he's still shocked that he's gained such a gathering of fans. He says, "I never thought of myself as a sex symbol, and it's the one claim that kind of makes me blush. It feels so bizarre, because I've always been an extrovert, I've always worked to get any attention or admiration. So it's bizarre to be charged with these things without having to work for it. But it's very, very flattering." 

Vin's Cuban Embarrassment
- WENN, 21 June 2001

Movie star Vin Diesel escaped an embarrassing penniless vacation when he was rescued by a rich fan. The up-and-coming actor foolishly forgot to take cash with him on a recent trip to Cuba, leaving instead with a wallet full of bank cards - useless in the communist country. Diesel says, "I didn't think I needed cash because I thought I could go anywhere in the world and use my credit cards. So stupid. It's amazing that you can go to another country and you are powerless. Anyway, we charge up this bill and no-one knows me and then this couple, one gentleman from Tel Aviv that was like selling arms or something and this lady that was sort of this Saudi Arabian princess, had seen me in Pitch Black the night before. His girlfriend gave us the money for everything and for our tickets home. She couldn't believe we were down there and we had a blast and the next day she came to our rescue." 

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