Vin Diesel Honors Late Fast & Furious Star Paul Walker With Touching Birthday Post

Now, in celebration of Walker’s birthday on September 12, Diesel shared a post on Instagram honoring his late costar and friend.

Now, in celebration of Walker’s birthday on September 12, Diesel shared a post on Instagram honoring his late costar and friend.

Walker died midway through production on Furious 7, but Brian still appears throughout the entire movie. For the scenes that Walker hadn’t gotten to film yet, the production used Walker’s real-life brothers and visual effects to bring the character to life. The Furious 7 ending serves as a beautiful sendoff for Walker, and his character hasn’t been seen in any new scenes in the franchise since, despite remaining alive in the world of the story.

F9: The Fast Saga features an indirect Brian return in the form of his car pulling up to Dom’s house, and Walker is featured in Fast X as well in the Fast Five flashback footage. So far, however, none of the movies following Furious 7 have digitally recreated the actor in any way. With the franchise now gearing up to conclude Dom’s story in one or two more movies, it seems likely that Walker and his impact on the franchise will be honored on the big screen one last time.