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    Vin Diesel Says Steven Spielberg Urges Him to Get Back on Director Seat

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    Recalling a recent meeting with the famed filmmaker, the ‘Fast and Furious’ actor says during an interview that the latter said that him not directing more movies is ‘a crime of cinema.’
    Mar 23, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Vin Diesel could find himself working behind the camera more often if filmmaker Steven Spielberg gets his way.
    Vin directed, wrote, produced, and starred in the 1997 movie “Strays”, in which he played a drug dealer looking for a better life. He also directed and starred in the 1995 short film “Multi-Facial”, which led Steven to cast him in “Saving Private Ryan”.
    Speaking during a recent interview with The National, the 52-year-old actor revealed director Steven has been encouraging him to direct more often.
    “Speaking of Steven Spielberg, I saw him recently, and he had said to me, ‘When I wrote the role for you in ‘Saving Private Ryan’, I was obviously employing the actor, but I was also secretly championing the director in you, and you have not directed enough. That is a crime of cinema and you must get back in the directing chair.'” Vin said, admitting: “I haven’t directed enough.”
    The star went on to say he hopes to complete a planned film series about famed Carthaginian military leader Hannibal Barca, who fought the Romans during the Second Punic War in around 200 BC.
    “I haven’t done it yet,” he added. “As much as I am grateful for the accomplishments, there are moments when I go ‘God, you promised the universe, very specifically, the Hannibal Barca trilogy, and you haven’t delivered it. You travelled all over the world.'”

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    Vin Diesel Confirms He'll Make a Debut as Musician With First Album

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    Stopping by ‘The Late Late Show with James Corden’, the ‘Fast and Furious’ actor teases that his upcoming album has been approved by his three children who have been previewing the tunes as they’re made.
    Mar 16, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Action man Vin Diesel is aiming to conquer the pop charts by releasing his first album.
    “The Fast and Furious” star has previously shown off his musical skills as a performer at the 2017 Billboard Latin Music Awards, while he also treated fans to a remix of Selena Gomez’s collaboration with Kygo, “It Ain’t Me”.
    Now Diesel, 52, reveals he has been quietly working on his side career to break into the charts with a debut album.
    Confirming the project is in development during an appearance on America’s”The Late Late Show with James Corden”, the actor said, “I gotta be honest with you…, my kids love when I sing and they love it so much – it’s kind of like J.R.R. Tolkien, he started telling his kids stories about Hobbits and next thing you know he went onto Lord of the Rings. I have a little bit of that in me!”
    Diesel didn’t share any details about the album’s release, but he’s already received the seal of approval from his three young children, who have been previewing the tunes as they’re made.
    “I wish I could play all the music for you,” he told host James Corden. “I’m really lucky to have some really original great music.”
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    “Nothing in the world is better than seeing my four-year-old daughter walking around the house singing these songs that she hears me playing now. It’s the most beautiful thing in the world. To be able to share that, there’s nothing more beautiful than that.”

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