The movie world especially has been left utterly devastated and heartbroken with the passing of 40-year-old Paul Walker who died tragically in a deadly car crash in which he was the passenger in Valencia last November 2013. Walker was in the middle of filming the 7th edition of the Fast & Furious series and was back in LA for a short break before returning to Atlanta when the tragedy claimed his life.
Paul Walker started his career in the entertainment industry at the age of 2 posing for Pampers advertisement. His mother, Cheryl a former model started bringing him along for casting and soon he was scoring more jobs than her with the 1986 mystery/horror movie, Monster In The Closet being his first acting stunt. He then appeared in a handful of dramas and a few chic flicks before landing his first leading role in the 1998 comedy, Meet The Deedles where he played Phil Deedles, a surfer boy turned ranger.
Following Meet The Deedles, he appeared in supporting role for a few more movies including Pleasentville alongside Reese Witherspoon and Toby Maguire, high school star quarterback in the 1999 Varsity Blue followed by She’s All That alongside Freddie Prinze Jr and Racheal Leigh in the same year. He then assumed the role of Caleb Mandrake for the fraternal-type crime/thriller, Skulls. Skulls ended Walker’s streak of trumpery role as his performance in Skulls caught the eye of Fast and Furious’ big brass ultimately landing him the role of Brian O’Conner.
The movie, which debuted in 2001 officially launched Paul Walker as a prominent actor and polished him to the shiny spectrum of Hollywood A-listers. The Fast and Furious endurance has spun over 6 sequels and spin-offs with the current one still in the midst of filming until the untimely death of its lead character.
The cast and crew of Fast and Furious were filming in Atlanta for the upcoming sequel, which is the franchise’s 7th edition when they took a break from filming to continue in December 2013. Walker came back to LA but unfortunately was involved in a deadly crash in Valencia that took the life of both passengers onboard the ill-fated 2005 Porsche Carrera GT his co-owned auto-mobil shop has recently acquired. Following his shocking departure, the filming and production of Fast & Furious 7 has been left in a stilted state of limbo.
As the movie world is still reeling with the shocking news, questions remain to who would replace Waker in the upcoming film or will it be previewed at all. Some newly emerged rumours has stated that some names are being considered to replace Walker. Justin Bieber, Justin Timberlake and James Franco has all been connected in a string of endless tattles as the possible replacement for the movie/character while the official statement has never revealed the possibilities of a replacement or how Brian O’Conner’s character in the movie will end.
However in the latest rumours, it has been stated that Paul Walker’s almost identical younger brother, Cody Walker, 25 might stand-in for the character until the creator’s figure out how they will end the longest running protagonist’s role in the show. Walker’s brother Cody has had some previous experience in movies as a stuntman and is familiar with the process.
Cody might not be Paul Walker but there is a huge part of our beloved Paul Walker in him and the sentiment is far more clearer in Cody than any of the suggested names that has been circulating the web. Some of the most prominent resemblance is of course the eyes which is a deep set of azure and the height that would match Walker’s incredibly well.
So far nothing has been confirmed but the possibilities are there as the creators has met Cody and suggested the whole idea to him. Having Walker’s brother to portray him would be the right thing to do, we guess. The creators of the film franchise has clearly stated that they will keep updating fans on the movie’s progress as they do not mean to withheld any information regarding the updates. However in this grief-stricken phase, everyone needs time to recover from the tragedy. It has been a great lost to the family since Walker has been a part of this amazing production for almost 14 years and the cast and crew are utterly devastated with his shocking departure.
One of the most ironic thing that circulated the web in light of Walker’s death was a clip from the upcoming production where the characters gathers at a cemetery for Han’s (Sung Kang) and Giselle (Gal Gadot) mass, the camera moves in on Walker and Gibson where the below dialogue is exchanged:
Roman: Promise me Brian, No more funerals
Brian: Just One More…
We are all sure the dialogue exchange was in reference to Owen Shaw’s (Luke Evans) character, but somehow, somewhere by tragic twist of fate, the very words led the scene to became such a travesty.
“Fate loves the fearless.” – James Russell Lowell
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