'Fast & Furious 7' to Resume Filming: 'We'll Have Hard Prayer,' Tyrese Gibson Says
Filming is set to continue on the set of "Fast & Furious 7" four months after the death of star Paul Walker. Tyrese Gibson, one of Walker's friends and co-stars, said that they will begin filming with "strong prayer."
"God's grace is all we have," Gibson told website toofab. "Before we start filming we are going to have a strong prayer. That will be the start, before we film anything. That's what is needed for us to do 'Fast & Furious 7.'"
Gibson was devastated at the loss of his friend and was visibly shaken when Walker's car crashed and burst into flames, killing Walker and his friend, who was driving at the time. He noted that "Fast & Furious 7" is "the only movie I ever worked on where we are all real close even after the movie is over. It wasn't just losing a co-star, he was family for real. That's why it took so long to recover."
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Universal representatives have said that they will not kill off Walker's character in light of his death but instead "retire" him in a way that will hopefully bring closure to fans. He will still be featured in the film in the scenes that he taped before dying.
Another co-star, Vin Diesel, has taken to Facebook to express his grief at the loss of Walker. His page is filled with pages of the two men at work and play, with captions that express their closeness.
"There were always moments of child-like laughter… We had accomplished so much by 2013… P.s. The complexities of Brotherhood, and the painful void… of it's absence," Diesel wrote with one photo. "The transition into that Dom state of mind has always been an interesting one… only this time there is added purpose, a collective goal to make this the best one in the series. P.s. The long awaited completion of Seven, begins."
