Indeed, Diesel was signed on toxXx 2until a scheduling conflict withThe Pacifierforced him to leave the project.
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Since then, Diesel has longed to breathe new life intoxXx.
But as his star has continued to rise, his availability has reduced.
That accessibility for the character is one of the things that made the character so popular.
It was the end of the day, he was so generous with compliments.
Its a real shame, its like a beautiful girl.
When someone does action, people think its easy and they dont give it the credit that it deserves.
Those are the two elements, your action set-pieces, but then a story that people can relate to.
You have the story about the classic hero or the antihero.
Throughout his career, Diesel has served as a producer on most of his projects.
That level of detail.
If that makes sense.
There was a turning point for me when I realised that the audience adopts this character, Diesel explains.
Paul Walker used to say this, who am I to not be that character for them?
xXx: The Return of Xander Cageis in cinemas now.