The Rock 'Forgets' Vin Diesel On Fast & Furious 8 Wrap Tributes

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If there was any doubt which ‘Fast & Furious’ cast-member Dwayne Johnson appeared to be calling out as a ‘candy ass’ on Instagram, we can now add this to the dossier.

The Rock has rather obviously ‘forgotten’ to pay tribute to the movie’s key player Vin Diesel in a message to his fellow crew-folk, as the movie wrapped.

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Director F. Gary Gray gets a shout. F&F newbie Scott Eastwood gets a shout. Natalie Emmanuel gets a shout. Tyrese gets a shout.

Vin Diesel? No shout.

Finished strong and on to the next. That’s an officially wrap on #FastAndFurious8. Thank you to our director @fgarygray for the vision and execution. Thank you UNIVERSAL for being tremendous partners as always, thank you to all my fellow co-stars for the daily effort and grind. Scott Eastwood you handsome sumbitch! Natalie Emmanuel I have a cold Budweiser ready for you and Tyrese Gibson you still have the biggest smile and forehead I’ve ever seen.???? And a huge THANK YOU to our hard working production crew – the backbone of our business. Your kind words meant a lot to me last night – thank you! In the end, we all rallied, as great teams do, kicked ass and will deliver an amazing movie to the world. Proud of our entire FAST FAMILY. And now in two weeks I’ll reunite with ol’ friends Kevin Hart & Jack Black and we have the honor to introduce a whole new generation to the amazing world of #JUMANJI. *(for the record we are NOT making a reboot, but rather a continuation of the awesome JUMANJI story). It’s also crazy to me how much me, Kev and Jack look like triplets when we’re together. ????????????????????????. Man this is gonna be FUN. #WheelsUp #ThatsAWrap #FromFastAndFurious #StraightIntoJumanji #BigBrownBaldTattooedMan #DarkChocolateComedicRockStar #BrillaintCrazyCurvyCaucasion #TheseHashtagsAreRidiculous #INeedSleepAndCARBS #ButIWillSettleForTequila

A photo posted by therock (@therock) on Aug 19, 2016 at 11:12am PDT

It emerged earlier this month that The Rock had seemed to have had some sort of run-in with Diesel over on-set behaviour.

He slated certain, unnamed male cast-members, calling them ‘candy asses’ and ‘chicken s**t’.

A source told Page Six that Diesel ‘was constantly late [when we worked together]’, adding that Diesel ‘acted like a diva and has held up production before’ and that ‘it’s not surprising that he’s the one The Rock is calling out’.

In the original post, Johnson wrote: “My female co-stars are always amazing and I love ’em. My male co-stars however are a different story. Some conduct themselves as stand up men and true professionals, while others don’t.

“The ones that don’t are too chicken sh*t to do anything about it anyway. Candy asses. When you watch this movie next April and it seems like I’m not acting in some of these scenes and my blood is legit boiling – you’re right.

“Bottom line is it’ll play great for the movie and fits this Hobbs character that’s embedded in my DNA extremely well. The producer in me is happy about this part?. Final week on FAST 8 and I’ll finish strong. #IcemanCometh #F8 #ZeroToleranceForCandyAsses.”

There are at least two more Fast & Furious movies to come, taking the series up to 10… but if this is how he feels, will The Rock be involved?

‘Fast & Furious 8’ is due out April 14, 2017.

Image credit: PA/Instagram/Universal

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