Not Vin Diesel, Timothy Olyphant Was First Choice To Play Toretto In Fast And Furious
Actor Timothy Olyphant was the first choice to play Dominic Toretto in Fast and Furious films.
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Vin
Diesel
may
have
been
synonymous
with
the
Fast
and
Furious
franchise,
but
did
you
know
Vin
was
not
the
first
choice
actor
to
play
the
iconic
role
of
Dominic
Toretto
in
Fast
and
Furious
films?
In
fact
it
was
actor
Timothy
Olyphant
who
was
first
offered
the
role
to
play
Dominic
Toretto.
"I
had
been
working
with
Paul
Walker
on
another
movie,
'Skulls',
and
I
gave
him
the
script
[for
The
Fast
and
the
Furious]...
Rob
Cohen,
who
I
had
made
'The
Rat
Pack'
with,
we
gave
him
the
script.
The
two
of
them
liked
the
idea." Said
producer
Neal
H.
Moritz
"And
then
we
had
to
look
for
Dom
Toretto.
The
studio
said,
'If
you
can
get
Timothy
Olyphant
to
play
that
role
we
will
greenlight
the
movie.'" Moritz
added.
However,
Moritz
also
said
that
the
Fast
and
Furious
franchise
has
been
lucky
as
Timothy
Olyphant
turned
down
the
offer
and
Vin
Diesel
eventually
got
the
role.
"The
luckiest
thing
that
ever
happened
to
us
is
Tim
Olyphant
turned
us
down.
He's
a
great
actor.
In
fact,
I'm
curious
to
see
what
that
movie
would
have
been." Stated
Moritz.
"I
went
and
met
him
at
Kate
Mantilini
restaurant
and
he
wasn't
a
star
yet,
but
the
great
thing
about
Vin
is
he
always
believed
he
was
a
star..."
Recalled
Moritz.
"And
I
was
going
in
there
to
think
he's
coming
to
me
to
want
the
role
and
I'm
the
one
there
now
having
to
convince
him
to
do
the
role!
Lucky
for
both
of
us
that
happened.
And
then
we
started
to
make
the
movie."
Moritz
explained
further.