BEIJING: Vin Diesel says the latest Fast & Furious film deserves a best picture Oscar but has two strikes against it when it comes to the Academy — it’s an action flick and it’s a sequel.
“Do I shy away from aiming high? No, I don’t,” said the 47-year-old actor, who has appeared in virtually all of the Fast & Furious action films based around fast cars. He spoke while in Beijing to promote the latest one, Furious 7.
He said that there is “a little stigma” toward action films and that the Academy hasn’t given a best picture Oscar to a sequel since a 1974 movie, The Godfather: Part II.
Diesel plays lead character and street racer Dominic Toretto, whose family is threatened by Jason Statham’s revenge-driven character.
