In the Spotlight|February 17, 2014 02:52 EST
Fast and Furious 7 Movie News: Kurt Russell Speaks on Rumored Father Figure Role to Paul Walker, 'He's Really More Connected to Vin's Character'
Rumors have surfaced regarding how Universal would deal with the future of the Fast and the Furious movie franchise after Paul Walker's fatal car crash last November, and cast member Kurt Russell revealed some new details regarding the upcoming film.
"I've been told April, maybe May, maybe Dubai, maybe Atlanta, maybe LA," said Russell to IGN regarding his shooting schedule with the latest Fast and Furious film.
"That's going to be interesting," said Russell to IGN regarding his character's potential appearance in the eighth installment of the Fast of the Furious movie series. "...If he gets killed, he gets killed. That will be for them to determine. I just wanted to be able to work with them making the best possible character to either be sad he doesn't move on or say, 'Yeah, I want this character to move on -- we need this character to move on.' That sort of thing. I don't know what the situation, with Paul dying, does to that. I don't know."
Previous rumors alleged that Russell's role was created as a father-figure to Walker's Brian O'Connor's character. However, Russell made a very surprising revelation.
"He's really more connected to Vin's character," said Russell to IGN adding, "The character that I play is presented as one thing, but you have a big suspicion that he's another. Vin's character is -- it's really the family around Vin that's going to be suspecting 'Why is he involved with this guy?' It was always going to be Vin's character who he was a father figure to -- but he's either a good one or a bad one."
Russell then explained what attracted him to be involved in the long running car chase film franchise.
"There's something about Fast & Furious. It has that mystery to me -- and it's for a funny audience, you know? It's for a 15 to... 30? I think now you can take that from 15 to 45, and I think that's what's interesting about that. I like the way Vin talks about it -- it's a saga. It's not a series, it's a saga. I think that Paul dying is a part of that saga," said Russell to IGN.
The "Fast and the Furious 7" film which stars the late Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, and Kurt Russell will appear in theaters on April 10th 2015.