Words Out; Vins In!

Following the success of Saving Private Ryan, Diesel could be heard voicing the title character of the animated The Iron Giant (1999), another critically praised feature. He then starred with fellow young actors Giovanni Ribisi, Ben Affleck, Jamie Kennedy, and Nicky Katt in Boiler Room, an off-Wall Street drama that cast him as one of the members of a shady brokerage firm. He also flexed his sci-fi muscles in Pitch Black (2000), an interplanetary thriller that featured him and fellow Earthlings doing battle with a host of nasty alien mutants. Diesel jumped genres yet again as a devious, determined hot-rodder in The Fast and the Furious (2001), a cheeky, action-packed street racing picture in the vein of '50s exploitation flicks. The low-profile, star-free summer release left skid marks at the box office as it grossed over $40 million dollars in its first weekend alone -- more than enough to cover its p350roduction costs, and enough to lead many to believe that Diesel had finally arrived as a bankable leading man.

VIN VIN VIN.......... Vin Diesel is an extremly gifted and awsome actor. Many of you may have rememberd seeing Vin in the film FAST AND THE FURIOUS where is speeds through the streets and causes distruction. Diesel was born In New York on July 18, 1967, he began is acting career at the age of seven at the Theater for the New City in Greenwich Village. He admits that Vincent is his real name. One of his first productions was to make a short film called Multi-Facial. The film played at Cannes in 95 and attracted the attention of Steven Facts: Worked as a bouncer in New York Born In New York City July 1967 Anglo-American International school Attended Hunter Collage Enlgish Major Worked as a bouncer as first.	Spilberg who cast him as Private Adrian Caparzo in his masterpiece, Saving Private Ryan. Vin Diesel gained his biggest boost with two smaller movies in 2000, instead of one huge movie break unlike most famouse actors.   Friday, August 9, 2002 Diesel walked away from a cheque THIS BIG!   HOLLYWOOD -- Vin Diesel turned down more money than any other actor in history -- in excess of $20 million US -- when he refused to do the sequel to The Fast And The Furious. "I don't like to be bought," Diesel said defiantly. The starring performance allowed him to display his talent, which had gone unnoticed for far too long. He is a likeable bad guy that commands the attention of moviegoers and even begins to show his more human side. Pitch Black became a surprise success at the box office, grossing almost $40 million in a weak season at the box office on a budget of only $20 million.	Vin Diesel delivered a strong one-two punch in theaters in the opening months of 2000, appearing in Boiler Room and Pitch Black on February 18. In Boiler Room, Vin Diesel plays Chris, a stock salesman for a shady brokerage house.His character is somewhat sympathetic to Seth, the movie's main character who begins having doubts about his job after he finds out how everyone at the brokerage house earned their riches. Budgeted at only $9 million, Boiler Room ook in $17 million, which is respectable, but rather meager.