The stunt double for Eva Mendes on 2003’s “2 Fast And Furious” must have been having the time of her life after Tyrese‘s claims that he and his late co-star Paul Walker were both sleeping with her while filming the movie. The 44-year-old appeared on “The Morning Hustle Show” this week, recalling how he and Walker were getting intimate with Cindy Leon — but there’s a catch: neither of them actually knew they had both been sharing the same woman.
“She’s a beautiful girl,” Tyrese said. “And me and Paul were smashing the same girl on the set of 2 Fast 2 Furious and didn’t even know it … It was Eva Mendes’s stunt double, and we were both just complimenting this girl every day and for whatever reason, we just didn’t say we were both smashing the same girl.” Eventually, however, Tyrese said he was having a conversation with Walker when they both realized they had technically been sharing the same girl the entire time. “And then her goofy a** just recently did an interview letting the world know, but it gets even worse with her,” he continued.
The hilarious part about it all is that Tyrese was then asked whether he and Walker stopped sleeping with Leon when they found out, to which he said, “I don’t think we stopped.” Tyrese had previously shed light on the rather awkward situation during a promotional run in support of “Furious 7,” saying Walker was pretty casual about the whole thing when it all came out. “He was just like, ‘Yeah I was just with her last night. I said, ‘I was with her last night!’”
“It was a bromance forever after that because we had the same taste in women.”
On November 30, 2013, Paul Walker and his friend Roger Rodas were killed in a car crash. The news of his death shocked the world, and millions of fans mourned the loss of the beloved actor. Walker was only 40 years old at the time of his death, and he had many years of life and career ahead of him.
Walker had been a part of the franchise since the first film in 2001, and his presence in the series was integral to its success. The cast and crew of the franchise were devastated by his death, and they knew that they had to do something to honor his memory.
In the wake of his passing, the release of “Fast and Furious 7” was delayed. The film was originally set to be released in July 2014, but the production was put on hold while the cast and crew mourned the loss of their friend. When the motion picture was finally released in April 2015, it was dedicated to Paul Walker.
Walker’s death had a significant impact on the Fast and Furious franchise’s storyline. In the seventh installment, his character, Brian O’Conner, is given a proper send-off as the movie ends with a montage of his character’s scenes from the previous films, and it is undoubtedly quite the emotional tribute.
The franchise’s eighth film, The Fate of the Furious, does not feature Paul Walker’s character. The film was released in 2017, and it was the first film in the franchise without him. While his absence was felt, the film still managed to be a success, and it further cemented the franchise’s place in Hollywood.