# Screenwriter of "Fast Five" interviewed

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screenwriter-of-fast-five-interviewed/579924>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 27, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screenwriter-of-fast-five-interviewed/579924 "2011-04-27T18:22:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screenwriter-of-fast-five-interviewed/579924/1 "2011-04-27T18:22:42Z")

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[This explains a lot](http://www.theonion.com/video/today-now-interviews-the-5yearold-screenwriter-of,20188/).

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**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screenwriter-of-fast-five-interviewed/579924/2 "2011-04-27T21:18:05Z")

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Ha!

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**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screenwriter-of-fast-five-interviewed/579924/3 "2011-04-28T00:25:05Z")

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The premise of that video is pretty much exactly what I thought when I saw a trailer for Fast Five in the cinema last week.

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**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screenwriter-of-fast-five-interviewed/579924/4 "2011-04-28T12:29:56Z")

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You guys all shut up! 😃

Seriously, I love Vin Diesel, and it’s great to see a nerd making good. Even if he is an outlier on the nerd spectrum.

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**Author:** ![HenryGale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b782af/32.png) [@HenryGale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HenryGale)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screenwriter-of-fast-five-interviewed/579924/5 "2011-04-28T20:40:14Z")

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> [@Tristan](#):
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> You guys all shut up! 😃
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> Seriously, I love Vin Diesel, and it’s great to see a nerd making good. Even if he is an outlier on the nerd spectrum.

Outlier?

The guy can play World of Warcraft IN HIS CAR. Give a nerd some respect. 😃