Helen Mirren Admits She ‘Begged’ Vin Diesel To Be In ‘Fast & Furious’: I Was Shameless’
etcanada.comHelen Mirren went to great lengths to be a part of the “Fast & Furious” franchise. The 76-year-old is honoured in The Hollywood Reporter‘s Icon series and chats to the magazine about playing Queenie in 2019’s “Hobbs & Shaw” and “F9” after making her debut in 2017’s “The Fate of the Furious”.
She says when asked if it’s true that she asked Vin Diesel if she could star in the movies, “I didn’t ask, I begged! I think I was at some function, and he was there, and I got introduced to him.
And I was shameless: ‘Oh God, I’d just love to be in one of your movies! Please let me be in it.’ “And then Vin, with that beautiful, deep voice of his, said: ‘I’ll see what I can do.’ And he did it for me.
He found this great little role for me, which was perfect. I’d just never done anything like that before — one of those big, big movies.
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