r/woahthatsinteresting Oct 01 '24

I'm glad she is growing but how is this even possible?

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u/splunge26 Oct 01 '24

Wasn’t he a director himself though? I thought his first film credits were his own movies but I could be wrong.

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '24

This is what his Wiki says. Looks like he was a struggling actor, decided to write, direct, and star in a couple movies.

Then Steven Spielberg saw him in one of those movies and cast him in Saving Private Ryan.

Don't know much about him as a person but it seems like he came from nothing and did the hard work that put him in a position to be "discovered".

Vin Diesel - Wikipedia

Diesel's first film role was as an uncredited extra in the drama film Awakenings in 1990. After several years of struggle to gain acting roles, Diesel decided to make his own short film to secure funds for his feature film debut. In 1994, he wrote, directed, produced, and starred in the short drama film Multi-Facial, a semi-autobiographical film which follows a struggling multiracial actor stuck in the audition process. The film was selected for screening at the 1995 Cannes Festival. As well as acting, Vin Diesel supported himself by working as a bouncer and telemarketer selling lightbulbs.

In 1997, Diesel secured funds to make his first feature-length film, Strays, an urban drama in which he played a gang leader whose love for a woman inspires him to try to change his ways. Written, directed, and produced by Diesel, the film was selected for competition at the 1997 Sundance Festival, leading to an MTV deal to turn it into a series which never came to fruition. Director Steven Spielberg took notice of Diesel after seeing him in Multi-Facial and cast him in a small role as a soldier in his 1998 Oscar-winning war film Saving Private Ryan. This marked Diesel's first major Hollywood film role. In 1999, he provided the voice of the title character in the animated film The Iron Giant.

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u/aNascentOptimist Oct 01 '24

Holy crap he was the iron giant??!

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u/OforFsSake Oct 02 '24

He was in 5th Element too.