Fast 8 feud: Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson have crisis meeting
DWAYNE Johnson has said that “conflict can be a good thing” after his feud with Vin Diesel on the set of Fast 8 went public.
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DESPITE a crisis meeting between Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and Vin Diesel, the two stars still haven’t settled their differences.
The drama between the pair was first made public a couple of days ago on Instagram when Johnson blasted some of his male co-stars from Fast 8.
“This is my final week of shooting #FastAndFurious8,” he wrote.
“There’s no other franchise that gets my blood boiling more than this one. An incredible hard working crew. UNIVERSAL has been great partners as well. My female co-stars are always amazing and I love ‘em.
“My male co-stars however are a different story,” the former wrestler wrote.
“Some conduct themselves as stand up men and true professionals, while others don’t. The ones that don’t are too chicken s**t to do anything about it anyway. Candy asses.
“When you watch this movie next April and it seems like I’m not acting in some of these scenes and my blood is legit boiling — you’re right.”
Johnson ended his rant with the hashtag #ZeroToleranceForCandyAsses.
TMZ later revealed that the “candy ass” Johnson was referring to is Vin Diesel, who is not only starring in Fast 8 but is also a producer.
The site said Johnson’s angry at Diesel because he “has made decisions that didn’t sit well with the former wrestling champ”.
A source told The New York Post the two stars have been “butting heads” since Fast 8 started filming.
“Vin has a reputation for being difficult — he shows up late, keeps people waiting, holds up production and is disrespectful to people on the set,” the source said.
“Dwayne lost his patience with him.”
The atmosphere on set was so bad after Johnson’s angry post that “it was almost impossible to shoot scenes,” according to TMZ.
The two actors had a meeting together to hash out their problems but it’s understood they were unable to kiss and make up.
After he finished shooting his final scene yesterday, Diesel gathered the cast and crew and delivered a farewell speech, telling them “Daddy’s gone,” before taking off.
Johnson later took to Instagram to address the feud, writing that “conflict can be a good thing”.
“Like with any team - that’s a family - there’s gonna be conflict,” he wrote.
“Family is gonna have differences of opinion and fundamental core beliefs. To me, conflict can be a good thing, when its followed by great resolution. I was raised on healthy conflict and welcome it. And like any family, we get better from it.”
Originally published as Fast 8 feud: Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson have crisis meeting
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