Rita Moreno played Vin Diesel’s character’s grandmother in ‘Fast & Furious 10’
Rita Moreno It is Vin Diesel they took the relationship created on camera into real life. In Fast and Furious 10 (2023), dark skinned plays the role of Abuela Toretto, the grandmother of Dominic Toretto, played by Diesel.
“He always sends memories, photos of his children…”, said the actress in an interview with People. The actor shares three children with the model Paloma Jiménezdescribed by Rita as “the most beautiful wife you’ve ever seen in your life.”
The two met in 2021, during an event. Diesel I would have said I was a fan of dark skinned. So, she invited him to join her at the premiere of the remake of Love sublime love (2021). The actress starred in the 1961 version and appeared in the Steven Spielberg. Afterwards, they met again at the franchise Fast and furious and the bond was even closer.
“My grandson Justin, who is a big fan of his, put Vin against the wall and said, ‘You should really put my grandmother in the movie. She could be the kind of grumpy old woman who grabs you by the nose and tells you off.’ To this day, Justin is completely convinced that he cast me in the role,” he revealed to TotalFilm (via People). Abuela Toretto, however, “would never do something like what Justin suggested”, he said Rita.
Source: Rollingstone
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