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The feud between Dwayne Johnson and Vin Diesel following their collaboration inThe Fast and the Furiousfilms is legendary and well-documented. The two stars who initially bonded over the 5th installment of the franchise in which The Rock played the antagonist, ended up sharing a hostile relationship owing to creative differences and other reasons.
Their disputes led to Dwayne Johnson refusing to be a part of the franchise for future films. The star even called out Vin Diesel for emotionally blackmailing him after the Groot actor issued the famous public statement requesting theBlack Adamstar to reconsider his stance. It now seems that both actors have let bygones be bygones with Johnson’s surprise cameo inFast X.Johnson though was still non-committal about commenting on his relationship with Vin Diesel despite being cornered in an interview recently.
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Dwayne Johnson Evaded The All Important Question About Vin Diesel
Dwayne Johnsonrecently appeared onWatch What Happens Livewith Andy Cohen to speak candidly about his career, his films, and the experiences he had with his co-stars. The actor was immediately put on the spot by the interviewer and was asked to comment on a 2016 Instagram post in which he had minced no words in his takedown of his male colleagues. Johnson had said,
“My female co-stars are always amazing and I love ’em. My male co-stars however are a different story. Some conduct themselves as stand-up men and true professionals, while others don’t. The ones that don’t are too chicken s*** to do anything about it anyway. Candy a****.“
When goaded by Cohen to confirm if he was also referring toVin Dieselas part of the list, theJumanji 2star cleverly evaded the question by saying
“I gotta plead the fifth on that one,”
The actor continued his non-committal response and refused to discuss details of his working relationship with Diesel when asked about the most unprofessional behavior that theGuardians of the Galaxystar had exhibited on set.
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Dwayne Johnson Had An Intense Rivalry With John Cena
Dwayne Johnson’s competitive spirit has resulted in the actor creating famous rivalries with many of his counterparts. Apart from his public feud with Vin Diesel, Johnson has also shared a rivalry with his WWE colleague and fellow actor John Cena. Both stars who gave the WWE its name and fame, were part of some intense duels that led to a real-life rivalry between them.Dwayne Johnsonrevealed the inside details of his history with John Cena onThe Late Show with Jimmy Kimmeland said,
“We had a great rivalry. In the world of wrestling, its fictionalized, its a show, but here’s the thing. Our rivalry was, it was so real. We had real problems with each other”.
Johnson also added that this intense competition between the two stars developed later into mutual respect and admiration for each other and their work. The Rock spoke fondly of his colleague Cena saying that they were now the best of friends and that he was always rooting for him to win.
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Sharanya Sankar, Writer for FandomwireHaving completed her Masters degree in Journalism and Mass Communication, Sharanya has a solid foundation in writing which is also one of her passions. She has worked previously with Book My show for a couple of years where she gained experience reviewing films and writing feature articles. Sharanya’s articles on film and pop culture have also been published on Film Companion, a popular film-based website. Apart from movies and pop culture, her interests include music and sports. She has contributed over 650 articles to Fandomwire so far.
