In Hollywood, many times the interests are greater than the sky, and it is not uncommon for good brothers and sisters to turn their faces into mortal enemies for the sake of interests.
Even for the sake of profit, opponents who have no relationship or even dislike each other can call each other brothers and brothers.
This is the story I want to tell.
But the difference is that the protagonist of the story is no longer alive when he is pulled by his opponent to become a "brother".
The star is Paul Walker from Fast and Furious.
Paul was born in California in 1973 to a former amateur boxer to a fashion model mother and a former amateur boxer.
Due to the influence of his parents, Paul has appeared in some advertising videos since he was a child, and as he grows older, he also develops a good physique.
He officially debuted in 1986, and for more than a decade before the end of the century, he also played roles in various TV series or B-grade films.
I have to say that because my mother is a fashion model, Paul's sense of lens and image are also very good.
The physique trained by Paul, who was influenced by his father, allowed him to not need too many stand-ins in those low-cost action movies, and he could complete various actions independently.
In this way, Paul continued to accumulate experience and wait for opportunities for more than a decade.
Finally, at the dawn of the 21st century, Paul's opportunity came.
This opportunity is familiar to everyone and is also his signature work "Fast and Furious".
In fact, due to the influence of the later sequel, many people think that the series "Quick Shock" is a double male protagonist, or that van Diesel is the bald head is the first male protagonist.
But in fact, at the beginning of the series, the position of the first male protagonist was Paul's.
When "Rush" was first established, producer Neil approached Paul and confirmed that the protagonist of the film, Brian, was him.
Van Diesel's casting for the boss of the Biker Party has changed again and again, and he is not the first choice, but later the original actor Timothy Orliphant refused, so it was the turn of the old Van to appear.
Specific to the movie itself, the same is true, Paul's Brian is undercover, is the absolute first core in the story, and promotes the development of the plot.
Just like many Hong Kong police films, the protagonist is undercover, but there is a very charismatic boss character, and the same is true of "Rapid Shock".
The success of the first film of "Quicksilver" and the double box office success of word of mouth also made Paul's career seem to have a good eyebrow.
Soon, filming began on the second part of the series.
The second part is completely a one-man role played by Brian played by Paul, and there is no longer a role for Van Diesel, which can also be seen in the original positioning of the series.
But unfortunately, "Quick Shock 2" failed, and the failure of box office word of mouth led to the filmmakers changing their strategy.
Therefore, in the next "Rapid Shock 3", the main role was changed, and Paul and Lao Fan did not star.
And not surprisingly, the third part hit the street.
Since the defeat of "Rapid Shock 2", Paul's career has not been very smooth.
Many of the other films he starred in failed commercially, and his work hit a bottleneck.
At this time, Universal Pictures, the production company of "Rapid Shock", found him again and invited him to star in the fourth part.
But after understanding, Paul initially wanted to refuse.
Why?
First, the series "Rapid Shock", after the fiasco of the second Waterloo and the third part, the IP value has fallen to the bottom.
Paul's career was not going well at the time, and he could no longer take the risk of making street movies.
Second, in addition to him in "Rapid 4", Old Fan also returned, and this time Old Fan became the producer of this movie because of his sister's entry into Universal Pictures, and had great power.
What this means, Paul also knows, is that the first male protagonist in this series is about to transpose.
Of course, in the end, Paul was persuaded to join the crew.
Unsurprisingly, Paul was rightfully "taught" by the current boss Van Diesel after entering the crew.
According to Paul's friends outside the circle, paul at that time, even if he was willing to retire to the second oldest, did not let him feel better, and finally Paul could only choose to keep smiling in front of the camera, and privately try to avoid contacting old Fan.
At that time, the foreign media obviously also knew that the two leading actors, especially the arrows between the former first male protagonist and the later first male protagonist, also reported on the arch fire:
"Is Paul Walker's "Quick Shock" better or Van Diesel's "Quick Shock" better?"
Of course, "Super 4" was a success, and it brought Paul's career back to life, and he continued to develop Super 5.
During this time, an interesting thing happened.
Probably "Super 5" has still been "taught" by the boss, and Paul, who has been silent, finally can't stand it, and he directly said in front of the media:
"My relationship with the other lead actor has always been bad, and we hate each other."
"I don't know if our relationship can move on because sometimes I really want to smash his head and he wants to blow my head off."
At the same time, Paul also specifically revealed that he had a very good relationship with other people in the crew, such as Teres, a black actor who starred with him in the second part, and other actresses.
Miraculously, in 2013, Paul's relationship with Van Diesel changed directly from rival to "brother".
At that time, Paul unfortunately died in a car accident, and most of the crew of "Rapid" expressed their condolences.
And one of the most "touching" is Lao Fan.
He said on his social media that after Paul's death, he went to his house for the first time to comfort Paul's mother, but Paul's mother said to him, you are much sadder than me, I just lost my son, but you lost the other half of your soul!
This statement is really a bit of "you just lost a leg, she lost love" feeling.
After that, almost all the mainstream media reported on how good the relationship between Van Diesel and Paul was, how many years of brotherhood, how many tissues old Fan cried, and how many videos were made to commemorate Paul.
Life is like a drama, all by acting skills.
Because there are too many press releases, and the movie "Quick Shock 7" has rendered another wave, many people think that Paul and Lao Fan really have a good relationship.
In fact, it can be searched on the Internet that before Paul's death, there was never a media report that Old Fan had a good relationship with Paul, and no article said that they had a good relationship.
On the contrary, there are several reports of their poor relationship.
In other words, before Paul died, Old Fan didn't even bother to buy a manuscript to create the illusion that they had a good relationship.
Look at brothers who really have a very strong relationship, such as Little Plum and Toby Maguire.
Whenever you search for stories about them, there are all kinds of manuscripts that say they have a good relationship with each other.
Moreover, on the day of Paul's funeral, Van Diesel didn't even bother to attend, and the crew of "Quicksilver" who attended were the same people paul had said in the media that he had a good relationship with them.
Of course, in order to avoid being recognized, Lao Fan also did a lot of work.
For example, letting Paul's brother join the crew, and then indeed bringing a little comfort to Paul's family, let Paul's family continue to build this brotherly persona because of the problem of interests.
However, there is no interest, and some of Paul's friends outside the circle feel very ridiculous about it, and they tell the media:
"Paul is very good to most of the crew, including the cinematographer or the crew, but not Van Diesel, who now says paul is best friends with him, and I feel so hypocritical."
After that, van Diesel, no matter what event he attended, or what other movie he was acting in, he would definitely take Paul out and say that he missed him very much.
Look at this frequency, it's really quite scary.
Before his death, Paul has been oppressed by this "boss" in the crew, and he wants to be a green leaf to set him off.
After his death, Paul also forcibly became his "brother", allowing him to successfully create his own human design, and then he had to continue to be consumed by him.
He was a tool man before he was born, and he was not let go after he died.
I don't know how Paul Izumi will feel when he sees this bald head who once wanted to smash his head and cry that he is his hardcore brother?