Vin Diesel has made a bold claim regarding Cristiano Ronaldo and the Fast film franchise, as the two were spotted all smiles in an Instagram picture alongside one another earlier this week
Vin Diesel has claimed that Cristiano Ronaldo has had a role written for him in the next instalment of the Fast film franchise. The Hollywood star shared a snap of himself with the Portuguese footballing idol on Instagram this week, showing them smiling as they gave a thumbs up.
And captioning the snap, Vin Diesel – real name Mark Sinclair – wrote: “Everyone asked, would he be in the Fast mythology…I gotta tell you he is a real one. We wrote a role for him…@cristiano.”
And it didn’t take long for social media to go into a meltdown as a result of the photograph, with many users taking to the comments section to share their excitement of seeing Ronaldo swap the pitch for the silver screen. One joked: “We got Cristiano in Fast x before GTA 6 TOO, this is wild,” while a second added: “When legends meet expect greatness.”
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The next instalment of the Fast series comes in the form of Fast & Furious 11, which is expected to be billed as ‘Fast Forever’. It is also expected to be the final movie of the saga, which initially launched back in 2001 and starred Vin Diesel, alongside Michelle Rodriguez and the late Paul Walker.
The street racing series is set to launch the next instalment in 2026, despite recent delays, and movie lovers could see Ronaldo play a part, if Vin Diesel’s claims are true. It comes as Ronaldo has already announced that he will be dipping into the world of cinematography earlier this year.
Back in April, the 40-year-old revealed that he had launched his very own film studio alongside British film producer and director, Matthew Vaughn. A statement on his X account at the time read: “Cristiano Ronaldo loves movies; Matthew Vaughn loves sport – and they both love a good story.
“Both have been disruptive champions at their game and will now combine the world of sport and storytelling through the launch of UR MARV, an independent joint venture film studio embracing innovative technology, with a nod to tradition.
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“Through UR MARV, Ronaldo and Vaughn have financed and produced two action films together and are about to start a third in the same series. They look forward to announcing the first release soon.”
It comes as Ronaldo is seemingly winding down an illustrious footballing career which has cemented him as one of the greatest to ever play the beautiful game, enjoying legendary stints with Sporting CP, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Al-Nassr.
Currently under contract with the latter until 2027, football fans expect next summer’s World Cup in North America to be his final major tournament with the Portuguese national team. However, the forward’s participation at the event was cast into speculation last month when he received a straight red card for an elbow on Dara O’Shea during a qualifier against Ireland.
While violent conduct usually carries a three-match ban, Ronaldo has had his second and third match bans suspended for a year. After sitting out Portugal’s final qualifier with Armenia, it means that he will not miss any of his nation’s group stage games at next summer’s competition unless he commits a similar offence.
A statement from FIFA read: “If Cristiano Ronaldo commits another infringement of a similar nature and gravity during the probationary period, the suspension set out in the disciplinary decision shall be deemed automatically revoked and the remaining two matches must be served immediately.”
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