When Vin Diesel took the stage at the Beverly Hilton during the 2025 Golden Globes to present the awards for Best Picture and Best Box Office (which went to Evil), he shared a brief, awkward and intentional moment with Dwane “The Rock” Johnson, his former Fast and Furious Franchise co-star.

Diesel, the male protagonist of the Fast and Furious He hadn’t even reached the nominees when he looked at Johnson, who was sitting at a table near the stage. Then he simply said, “Hey, Dwayne,” waved and smiled. At this point the camera switched to Johnson, who was grinning sheepishly at Diesel. To understand why this was the most tense moment of the awards show, you have to understand the lore Fast and Furious and the simmering tension between the two action stars that arises from their on-again, off-again franchise.

Johnson jumped on board F&F Films for the fifth part as Luke Hobbs in 2011 Quick five and reprized the role in the next three parts. During this time, his reputation in Hollywood grew, and by 2016, tension between him and Diesel also grew. Their year-long feud began in earnest in 2016 with a now-deleted Instagram post in which Johnson praised the women of the franchise but called some of his male co-stars “candy asses.”

“There is no other franchise that makes my blood boil more than this,” Johnson shared in the post. “My female co-stars are always amazing and I love them. However, things are different for my male co-stars. Some act like stand-ups and real professionals, others don’t. Those who don’t are too stupid to do anything about it anyway. Sweet asses. If you watch this movie next April and it seems like I’m not in some of these scenes and my blood is boiling, then you’re right.”

This was later confirmed Rolling Stone As for Diesel, “We have a fundamental difference in philosophy in how we approach filmmaking and collaboration,” Johnson said. The two have repeatedly talked about each other in interviews over the years.

Diesel, who is fiercely protective of the lucrative franchise, admitted to giving Johnson a hard time on set and suggested it was a tactic for his performance. “It was difficult to embody the Hobbs character,” Diesel told the magazine. “My approach at the time was to use a lot of tough love to help get the performance where it needed to be… I could give a lot of tough love. Not Felliniesque, but I would do whatever I had to do to get gigs in anything I produced.”

Then in 2021, two years after his great success Hobbs vs. Shaw spinoff with Jason Statham, Johnson revealed The Hollywood Reporter that there were no plans for his character to return to the franchise and responded to Diesel’s comments: “I laughed, hard. I think everyone laughed at that. And I’ll leave it at that. And that I wished them all the best. I wish them all the best Quick 9. And I wish them good luck Quick 10 And Quick 11 and the rest Fast and Furious Films they make will be without me.”

Since then, Johnson has criticized Diesel’s “manipulation” in the wake of the feud and announced a Hobbs spinoff film. He settled the feud in 2023 by saying, “Even though we have our differences, me and Vin, we’ve been like brothers for years, and despite our differences, if you lead with – number one, determination – but also think.” about the future and plans that are much bigger than ourselves.”

Johnson is returning to the franchise, but it is unclear whether this upcoming film or the next film in the saga starring Diesel will be next. There are currently several films in development related to the main saga.

With Sunday evening’s comment, tensions between the two could flare up again. Comments on #GoldenGlobes needed.”

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