“I’m an idiot”: Reacher Star Alan Ritchson Royally Screwed His Meeting With Vin Diesel After Replacing Keanu Reeves in Fast X
Alan Ritchson who is quite famous for his role in the Reacher TV series has got a new chance to become a part of the famous Fast and Furious franchise with the Fast X movie where the star made his first appearance in a blockbuster movie.
The star shared a lot of experiences he had while shooting for the movie and when sharing there was one thing that involved him as well as the lead star of the movie, Vin Diesel, resulting in an awkward moment between both popular actors.
Alan Ritchson Shares An Awkward Encounter with Vin Diesel on Fast X Movie Set
The new Fast and Furious movie, Fast X gained a lot of popularity after its release, thanks to the whole franchise which has already maintained to stay in the top charts in Hollywood.
When the new addition of new cast members, Ritchson in the movie, proved that he can be a great fit to be cast for an action thriller movie like Fast X.
After the release of the movie, almost every cast members including the directors and producers were busy traveling around the world either to attend the red carpet press or the global premiering of their new movie and even a few actors and actresses are busy with interview schedules they have.
Similarly, the Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland star joined in a talk show, The Rich Eisen Show which is hosted by Rich Eisen himself.
In the show, the Titans star shared a lot of experience he had in Hollywood as well as when he was working on the set of Fast X movie.
In the show, as the star kept on sharing, accidentally he revealed that he had an awkward moment after ‘accidentally‘ insulting Vin Diesel, the voice actor behind the character, Groot from the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise Marvel.
“I didn’t watch any other ones [movies], and I let Vin know,” he started.
Sharing more about the awkward moment, the star said,
I’m an idiot.’ , he said: “I go ‘Hey man, I hadn’t really watched any of them. I watched the first one in high school, and now that I got the part, I’ve seen them all, and I just love what you’ve been doing with the last two decades.'”
He continued and shared, “And he was like ‘I…thank you. I appreciate that.”
“He’s spent 20-plus years of his life, this is his baby! I’ve spent a couple of years working on Reacher. It’s such a fixture in my life if somebody was like ‘Thanks for having me on Reacher, man, I haven’t watched any of them’, I’d be like, ‘You’re the stupidest… Why would you say that?!’ And this dude is decades in. I’m an idiot.”
Adding more to this statement, the star also said that despite the fact him insulting Diesel looked very cool and was polite to him.
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Glimpses from The Rich Eisen Show featuring Alan Ritchson
The star who appeared as the character named Agent Aimes has talked about different experiences he had in his whole career.
Besides his experience with the Fast X lead star, he also shared about the costume-making process in the movie. Also, he shared his experience meeting John Cena who is known for portraying the character, Peacemaker.
He also talked more about his fitness where he specifically answered about his cheat day. And, his journey of making the Reacher series as well.
If you are interested to see him sharing his experiences, then you can watch the whole interview embedded below.
Will Alan Ritchson be Cast for Fast XI?
The star has been gaining a lot of popularity after his appearance in the action thriller movie.
After his appearance in Fast X, there is a high chance to see him returning to Fast XI, or let’s call it Fast 11, thanks to Universal Pictures who confirmed that the franchise will be getting a new movie in the franchise.
As of now, there is no such update about if the star will appear in more movies in the future or not, but definitely, we will see Ritchson signing up for new movies. However, will be making sure to update you first as soon as we get an official update about the star’s future movies.
Source: DigitalSpy
