Thanks to Steven Spielberg for Vin Diesel's most memorable career breakthrough.
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Long before Vin Diesel shot to international stardom with the Fast & Furious franchise in 2001, the actor received a bizarre but memorable recruiting call from Steven Spielberg. After his prolific work in the 1995 short drama Multi-Facial and the 1997 feature film Strays, the actor surprisingly fell under the radar of Hollywood's most celebrated filmmakers in 1998.
According to Vin Diesel's interview with Yahoo Movies, the actor recalled how he was notified by his agent about his role in Steven Spielberg's 1998 war film Saving Private Ryan. Initially expecting the usual audition process, Diesel was later informed that Spielberg had specifically written a role for him as required no audition.
Vin Diesel has certainly been in Hollywood for decades and has starred in some of the most iconic shows of all time. But none of these opportunities would have come his way, if not for his shocking collaboration with Steven Spielberg. Well, the story goes a little like this, where the acclaimed filmmaker was blown away by Diesel's work in his 1995 short drama Multi-Facial.
