PAUL WALKERS BROTHERS ROLE WITH VIN DIESEL HOW IT ALL HAPPENED WILL SEND SHIVERS!

Fast 7 director James Wan was presented with the challenging responsibility of providing Paul Walker's character, Brian O'Conner, a fitting send-off from the franchise after Walker passed away in 2013 while the movie was in production. In fact, the majority of the action, crime, and street racing movie story has come to be defined by Paul Walker's Fast and Furious moments. The movie's ending had to be rewritten, according to producer Neal Moritz, since they were so distraught in the moments following Paul Walker's passing that they initially felt they would have to halt production.Show more

Everyone was shocked by Walker's passing. The Fast & Furious actor met up with his business partner, race car driver Roger Rodas, while in Santa Clarita, California for a fundraiser. Walker lost his life while riding with Rodas in a Porsche Carrera GT, which was the scene of a tragic accident. Paul Walker's passing meant that, even though he had completed most of his on-camera work for Furious 7, the movie ultimately needed to be rewritten to clarify why Brian O'Conner wouldn't appear in subsequent sequels.

After Paul Walker's passing, Weta Digital saved Furious 7
Paul Walker simulating his Furious 7 automobile driving in a digital reconstruction.
Walker's performance needed to be completed, so the visual effects studio Weta Digital was enlisted. The effects studio had to produce 350 digital pictures with Paul Walker's Fast and Furious persona at the center, so it wasn't an easy process. There would need to be a variety of styles used because the scenes spanned from intense action to more subdued ones. Weta used footage and outtakes from Walker's earlier Fast Saga performances, as well as his siblings, to pull it together.

Paul Walker's brother acted out scenes as Brian to serve as models for Weta, along with the actor's performance from the whole Fast & Furious series. Walker's face was digitally overlaid by Weta CGI artists to provide a realistic performance, with the help of body doubles played by Walker's two brothers, Caleb and Cody, and actor John Brotherton. These are a few sequences that honor the Fast Saga legacy of Brian O'Conner and Paul Walker:

Brian drives a minivan with his son in the rear seat.
While Mia (Jordana Brewster) consoles Brian, he is using a computer.
Mia and Brian embrace one another.
The family, including Brian, is contemplating their next step as they gaze out over Los Angeles.
Dom (Vin Diesel) tends to an injured Mr. while driving an automobile. Nobody (Kurt Russell) (Kurt Russell)
Dom and Brian are relaxing by the pool. Brian beams.
being shaken around while a passenger in an automobile chase with Dom behind the wheel
Walker holds up what appears to be a computer hard drive after being thrown from a car and fired upon.

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Fast and the Furious 7 Scott Walker
It was particularly challenging to digitally portray Brian standing with the rest of the team because it required a close-up of his face when he turned to face Dom. The shot, nevertheless, is effective enough that it was eventually employed in advertising materials, such as the Furious 7 poster. Walker's Brian holding up a hard drive in the Fast 7 VFX team's scene was another difficult one. The artificial representation of the late actor's face had to convey Brian's internal struggle with the concept of giving up the fast life for his family. All things considered, the team members at the studio did the best they could with CGI Paul Walker, digitally portraying him in a way that respected the actor's history in the Fast and Furious franchise and the arc of Brian.

The most poignant scene, though, is the closing scene because it is Walker's final performance as Brian. When Brian, Mia, and their son play near the sea at the beach, Dom and the family are watching. Dom gets up to leave without saying goodbye, setting up Brian O'Conner's return in F9, but Brian pursues him in his own car and overtakes him at a stop sign. After one final glance, Brian and Dom part ways as they go separately to their next destination. The movie concludes with them parting ways. The use of a CGI Paul Walker to bring the movie to a conclusion has different degrees of effectiveness.