Johnson, 49, and his"Fast & Furious" character, Luke Hobbs, first appeared in 2011's"Fast Five." He went on to reprise his role in"Fast & Furious 6" ,"Furious 7" and"The Fate of the Furious" , before starring in the 2019 spinoff film,"Hobbs & Shaw."
However, as it's now known, there was a feud brewing between Johnson and Diesel, 54, behind the scenes, with the former only agreeing to star in the eighth film,"The Fate of the Furious," if he didn't have to shoot any scenes with Diesel. Johnson told Vanity Fair that he"wanted to forgo drama," saying that he believed the decision"was the best thing to do" at the time.
But toward the end of the shoot for"The Fate of the Furious" in 2016, Johnson went on to famously blast at least one of his co-stars as"chicken s--t" and"candy asses" in a"A candy ass is something you don't want to be," the"Jumani" star explained to Vanity Fair."And the best way that I can describe a candy ass is: Life is so much easier, I have found, when you are not full of s---. And a candy ass is completely full of s---.
"It caused a firestorm. Yet interestingly enough…[it was] as if every single crew member found their way to me and either quietly thanked me or sent me a note," he claimed."But, yeah, it wasn't my best day, sharing that. I shouldn't have shared that. Because at the end of the day, that goes against my DNA. I don't share things like that. And I take care of that kind of bulls--- away from the public. They don't need to know that.
When asked about the face-to-face"peace meeting" the co-stars later allegedly had in Johnson's trailer, the"Jungle Cruise" star confirmed that there"was ahe said he wouldn't describe it as a"peaceful" one, but rather a"meeting of clarity."crystal clearThe"Rampage" actor went on to express that he and Diesel are"philosophically two different people" and"approach the business of moviemaking in two very different ways.