Vin Diesel Believes โ€˜Furious 7โ€™ Ending Is โ€œThe Best Moment In Cinematic Historyโ€
โ€” Updated on 2 August 2021

Vin Diesel Believes โ€˜Furious 7โ€™ Ending Is โ€œThe Best Moment In Cinematic Historyโ€

โ€” Updated on 2 August 2021
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Vin Diesel recently stated in an emotional interview with NME that he believes the ending of Furious 7 is โ€œthe best moment in cinematic historyโ€. But before you fire up those keyboards to make fun of him, take the time read his explanation.

โ€œI was so reluctant to go back to filming. I just felt like the studio was asking me to go back to a funeral, and I was so, so, so, so, so broken by it.

But I didnโ€™t want anyone to use the tragedy as a story plot. It was so important to meโ€ฆ It was a very, very tough moment. But there was some solace in the fact that we were able to protect from the natural whim of a producer or anyone to say, โ€˜Well now youโ€™re going to go avenge the character,โ€™ and use it as a plot and we were able to do something so beautiful and so classy.

It might be the best moment in cinematic history โ€“ not just in my career but in cinematic history. Men around the world were allowed to โ€” everyone was able to cry โ€” but men around the planet, for the first time in history, were able to cry together.โ€

Whether or not this is an overstatement, perhaps even a product of deeply personal sincerity, is not the point. Back in 2015, Vin Diesel also suggested that Furious 7 would โ€œprobably win Best Pictureโ€ at the Oscars โ€“ so you can understand his attachment to the film.

What should be focused upon here is questioning the stigma behind men freely expressing their emotions. The stigma behind men allowing themselves to cry, even. Though what I will pull up old mate Dom Toretto on in his statement? The fact that Furious 7 certainly wasnโ€™t the first time men everywhere cried.

Letโ€™s be real hereโ€ฆ weโ€™ve all seen Dead Poets Society. And Bridge To Terabithia.

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After stretching his legs with companies such as The Motley Fool and the odd marketing agency, Garry joined Boss Hunting in 2019 as a fully-fledged Content Specialist. In 2021, he was promoted to News Editor. Garry proudly retains a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, black bruises from Muay Thai, as well as a black belt in all things pop culture. Drop him a line at [email protected]

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