Just days after it was announced
Paul Walker‘s brothers Caleb and Cody would be stepping in to help finish the actor’s last film, the siblings have been seen on set of
Fast & Furious 7.
Cody, 25, and older brother Caleb, 36, were captured in the background of a video by
Ludacris on Saturday.
The Fast & Furious veteran posted the video featuring himself and Tyrese Gibson going to pat some tigers in
Abu Dhabi and Paul’s brothers can be seen smiling and walking along with their now co-stars.
Shortly after the video went up the rapper pulled it off his Instagram without explanation.
Both Cody and Caleb sported near identical
cropped haircuts and facial hair lending weight to the idea that both
men will be stepping in front of the camera to help finish the film. The
seventh installment of the popular car franchise was half way through
filming when Paul was killed in a car crash on November 30.
Quickly removed: The rapper then deleted the video of Cody (pictured)
Following the accident, production on the
film went on indefinite hiatus as producers struggled with whether to
still put out the film and, if the decided to continue, how to do it in a
way that would both honour the late star and satisfy fans.
On December 13, the MailOnline exclusively
revealed that the actor’s lookalike younger brother, Cody, had been
asked to step in and help complete the film, and then this week
producers released a statement confirming that both Cody and older
brother Caleb will be playing vital roles in the seventh movie in the
hit franchise.
In a statement released on the film’s Facebook page, fans were introduced to the newest members of the Fast & Furious ‘family’.
In his honour: Paul (pictured with co-star Vin Diesel) was half way through filming when he died.
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| Welcome the the FAST family: Cody (left) and Caleb (centre) – pictured
here with their late brother at Caleb’s October wedding – will ‘help
complete some remaining action and fill in small gaps left in
production’
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The
statement said: ‘The FAST & FURIOUS saga is about family. The
characters are connected by the bond of family, and it is how all of us
who have worked together for more than thirteen years feel about each
other.
‘Our family experienced an unthinkable shock
in November. We had to take time to grieve Paul, the brother we love and
lost, and to figure out if we should move on with our film.’
It goes on to state that after ‘coming
together’ to grieve the loss, it was decided by everyone involved that
‘the only choice was to continue’ filming, adding: ‘We believe our fans
want that, and we believe Paul would want that too.’
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