Vin Diesel Has Finally Revealed What May Have Sparked His Feud With Dwayne Johnson

Vin Diesel and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson are arguably the two biggest names of the star-studded Fast and Furious franchise. It would seem that the two macho men are not on the best of terms, though. In fact, the pair have been feuding for years – and Diesel has revealed precisely how he believes it all began.

That’s right: don’t expect Diesel and Johnson to be launching a Planet Hollywood-style restaurant franchise together any time soon. The two stars initially appeared to keep things cordial when they worked alongside each other in 2011’s Fast Five. But by the time The Fate of the Furious arrived five years later, Johnson and Diesel were engaging in public slanging matches.

The reason behind the feud remained a mystery for several years. But while promoting the ninth chapter of the long-running action franchise in 2021, Diesel began to open up in an interview with Men’s Health magazine. And what the muscleman had to say surprised long-time The Fast and the Furious fans.

Diesel, of course, helped to kick-start the series way back in 2001 as mechanic Dominic Toretto. The action hero starred alongside the late Paul Walker in The Fast and Furious, a high-octane thriller about the illicit world of New York street racing. Although a hit at the box office, nothing signified that this was the beginning of one of the biggest Hollywood franchises of the 21st century.

In fact, 2 Fast 2 Furious made little cultural impact when it hit cinemas in 2003. It was the same story with Tokyo Drift three years later. Of course, Diesel had been notably absent from both films. It was only when the action man and several other popular cast members returned for Fast and Furious in 2009 that the series truly began to take shape.