“I just instinctively greeted him with a hug,” Caine writes in his new memoir.
“I just liked the guy immediately, he has a big heart.”
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Michael CaineandVin Dieselare so close, they’re practically family.
Michael Caine and Vin Diesel at the London premiere of ‘The Last Witch Hunter’ in 2015.Credit:Dave J Hogan/Dave J Hogan/Getty
I love Vin," Caine writes.
“We first met at a dinner party about thirty years ago.
Caine couldn’t quite explain the immediate bond between the two actors.
Michael Caine in ‘The Last Witch Hunter’.Scott Garfield/Summit Entertainment/Courtesy Everett
“Sometimes, you sense a connection.
I just liked the guy immediately, he has a big heart,” theCider House Rulesstar writes.
Anyway, weve been great friends ever since.”
Caine and Diesel eventually made a movie together in 2015:The Last Witch Hunter.
“My grandchildren, Taylor, Allegra, and Miles loved that film!”
“Vin really speaks to the younger generation.
Hes a real star, and multi-talented.
A fine producer who also writes scripts and gets deeply involved in the concept of his movies.”
“Whenever theyre in town, we have dinner together,” he notes.
“Or they come over to our flat for a catch-up.
Vin flies around the place with this traveling company of people a sort of mobile family and support structure.
I think you probably need that in the modern business.
Its certainly a change from my time.”
“I always loved Michael Caine,” theRiddickstar said at the time.
“We always wanted to do something together,” Diesel said.
How are you gonna ask me to doFast & Furious?'"
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Elsewhere in his memoir, Caine reflects on his relationship with Diesel’s costar-slash-rival,Dwayne Johnson.
“Down-to-earth and warm.
I love talking to these guys, hearing what theyve been up to all over the world.
They carry the torch!”
Don’t Look Back, You’ll Trip Overis on shelves now.
