Something can occur at an awards present — simply ask Will Smith.
The 2025 Golden Globes had an sudden, unscripted second when Vin Diesel gave a shout-out to Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson from the stage following their rumored years-long feud.
“Hey, Dwayne,” Diesel, 57, acknowledged earlier than he introduced an award. Johnson, 52, chuckled in response because the “Fast & Furious” actors exchanged smiles and moved on.
Glenn Weiss, who govt produced the ceremony alongside Ricky Kirshner, revealed what the staff’s instantaneous response was to the viral second because it was taking place.
“It kind of keeps you gripped, and even you in the press room, us in the truck, are going, ‘Wait, what? What’s happening?’” Weiss informed Selection in an interview revealed the day after the Globes.
“At that point, there’s a live event taking place, and our job is to bring it to you and let you decipher it,” Weiss continued. “What is the exchange going on between them? I think it’s really important to show what’s happening in the room.”
Weiss and Kirshner additionally spoke to The Hollywood Reporter in regards to the cameras efficiently capturing Johnson’s response to Diesel’s shout-out.
“Because Glenn’s the director, he can tell you about camera shots, but there are many times where, like, when Vin walks out and says, ‘hey, Dwayne,’ it’s not hoping, because I know Glenn will have a camera on Dwayne, but you’re just like, ‘oh, I hope we get that shot and and he does,’” Kirshner defined.
“So it’s also a testament to our camera team, who’s always ready,” he added.
Weiss informed THR, “I’m glad that you said from your from your perception that the shot was right there. It wasn’t, but our camera team, you know, is that quick and responsive that by the time we it all registered that he’s talking to him, the camera was repositioned, and we were able to get the shot. And it is a testament to having an ace team on this.”
Diesel and Johnson sparked feud rumors in 2016, when Johnson referred to unnamed members of the “Fast and Furious” forged as “candy asses” in a since-deleted social media submit.
“Some [male costars] conduct themselves as stand up men and true professionals, while others don’t,” he wrote by way of Instagram in August 2016. “The ones that don’t are too chicken s – – t to do anything about it anyway. Candy asses. When you watch this movie next April and it seems like I’m not acting in some of these scenes and my blood is legit boiling — you’re right.”
Johnson added gas to the feud hearth after manufacturing ended on 2017’s “The Fate of the Furious” by sharing one other Instagram displaying gratitude to a few of his co-stars, together with Scott Eastwood and Nathalie Emmanuel, however not mentioning Diesel.
Diesel later promised to reveal the drama, stating, “Honestly, give me a second and I will tell you everything. Everything.”
After Johnson briefly left the “Fast and Furious” franchise in 2021, he informed Self-importance Honest that he solely agreed to be in “The Fate of the Furious” if he wasn’t in any scenes with Diesel.
“I wanted to forgo drama,” the well-known wrestler mentioned. “I thought that that was the best thing to do. For everybody.”
The 2 actors have since mended fences.
“Last summer Vin and I put all the past behind us,” Johnson wrote on X in June 2023 as he introduced his return to the movie franchise. “We’ll lead with brotherhood and resolve — and always take care of the franchise, characters & FANS that we love.”
Johnson and Diesel are each slated to star within the subsequent “Fast and Furious” film, “Fast X: Part 2,” which is scheduled to be launched in 2026.
