Fast and Furious actor Tyrese Gibson is reportedly upset with co-star Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson’s “selfish” decision to make a spinoff movie without any of the original cast members.
Last week reports surfaced about Johnson starring in the spinoff, which pushed back the release date of the ninth Fast and Furious film to 2020 instead of 2019—when the spinoff is set to premiere.
Tyrese did not take the news lightly and immediately expressed his disappointment with Johnson for agreeing to do the spinoff.
Tyrese posted an Instagram photo of the new release date for Fast and Furious 9, which is April 2020, with a lengthy caption about Johnson selfishly making the entire franchise about himself.
The next day, Tyrese posted another photo of some of the Furious cast members, among them Vin Diesel and the late Paul Walker. Tyrese said they were the “fast family” until Johnson showed up and that several of the cast members were also offered a spinoff but turned it down.
That same day, Vin Diesel posted an Instagram photo of himself, Tyrese, and Walker with the caption “Brotherhood…”.
Diesel posted a photo the following day with Johnson, saying they shared a complex brotherhood and suggesting that the pushed back time of the ninth movie could allow it more time to be better.
On Monday, Johnson responded to the feud with an Instagram post. “I want to use my spinoff to create new characters that fans will ultimately love to have fun with in multiple chapters and platforms,” the actor said. “#CandyAssesNeedNotApply.”
Johnson said his vision is to create better opportunities for his Fast and Furious cast members and for others actors.
Hobbs, Johnson’ character, joined the franchise in 2011 for the fifth movie. The original cast, which includes Tyrese and Diesel, have been working together since 2001 creating eight installments to the franchise.
On Wednesday TMZ posted a video capturing an upset-looking Tyrese talking about his disappointment with Johnson. Tyrese said he was not hating on Johnson for getting a spinoff, but that he wishes the release timing was different.
“The Fast and the Furious family, the fans, the tribe, the people that’s been rocking with us for 16 years, you know, pushing our release date back, it’s only happened one time in the history of Fast and Furious, is when we lost our brother Paul Walker,” Tyrese said. “It appears that [Dwayne] is being selfish and so focused on furthering his own self interests.”
To continue the beef, on Wednesday Tyrese posted a video of Johnson hilariously mocking his 2015 R&B album, Black Rose.
“Haters come in many forms,” Tyrese wrote in the Instagram video caption.
At this point it’s difficult to tell how upset either camp is, or if this is just some elaborate marketing scheme. Either way we’re ready for the next round of Furious films.
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