Ever since the first Fast and Furious movie came out, fans and racing enthusiasts have followed through the adventures of Brian O'Connor (Paul Walker) and Dominic 'Dom' Toretto (Vin Diesel). After 13 years the cast reveals in an interview that they consider themselves family, "I don't have friends; I got family" Diesel said
"When you watch our movie, all the differences of skin tone and language go out the window," Vin said at the panel. "All you see is family and that started with the brotherhood of Dom and Brian and it has extended to Fast & Furious 7, where, when you think of family, you think of Fast & Furious."
"And it's touching because, you know, again, we lost such a special person, a special angel," he said. "That was the beginning of that and allowed for us to have this multicultural brotherhood and family.
During the trailer premiere hosted by E!'s Terrence Jenkins and Maria Menounos the stars shared their thoughts on the 7th and final film of the movie franchise - it was Paul Walker's last film before his shocking death less than a year ago.
"Even when that moment happened, of us losing our family and Paul, we all have significant others...or not, we all have our own immediate circle of family and friends and loved ones, but they didn't know Paul the way we knew Paul," said Tyrese who played Roman Pearce.
"So if it wasn't for us meeting up, talking, having those conversations...I mean, me and Michelle [were] hanging for like four or five days straight until I [saw] her smile again," he added. "I was at Vin's house, I did everything I could possibly do, you know, Jordana was out of town a lot [filming Dallas]...we did whatever we had to do as a family to like, rebuild each other and have the conversation that only we could have, to help us to get through that very rough patch."
When asked about what they thought of the trailer, Michelle Rodriguez described it as 'cargasm'. "To be honest, I thought it was the best trailer I'd ever seen," Vin said.
So what was Diesel's take in the new villain, Jason Statham?
"He's incredible," Vin said. "The amount of work that we did for our third act fight sequence, I was just so happy that he was just so gung ho about it and so dedicated."
"We both walked away with a lot of injuries," he added. "Nothing permanent."
He also added that 'no franchise or saga in the world has had more fan input than the Fast & Furious series does'. "They were petitioning for Letty [Rodriguez's character] to come back," he said. "That was real."
Walker died in a car accident North of Los Angeles on Nov. 30, 2013 at age 40. He was survived by a daughter.
The film is set for release on April 3, 2015.
