The Fast and Furious star admits he’s still struggling to come to terms with Paul’s death

The Fast and Furious actor – who is currently in Brazil promoting his new movie xXx: Return of Xander Cage – admits it was tough being in the South American country because he had always been with Paul when he visited there in the past.

He said: “We’ve felt the loss. The last three years have been some of the hardest of my life because of losing my brother like that … I’d been to Brazil two times before and both times that I’ve been here, I’ve always been with my brother, Pablo … It was a lot of tissues and it was a hard morning for me yesterday because I was here.

Paul Walker and Vin Diesel at the Europe premiere of Fast & Furious ( Image: Getty)

Paul Walker and Vin Diesel at the world premiere of ‘Fast And Furious 6’ ( Image: Getty)

Filming of the last scenes for ‘Fast and the Furious 7’ ( Image: WENN)
“But the irony is the whole cast reached out and his daughter, Meadow, reached out and all that stuff helps you get through it.”

And the 49-year-old actor enjoyed filming the action thriller series as it gave him an opportunity to “laugh and smile”.

Brian O’Conner (PAUL WALKER) and Dom Toretto (VIN DIESEL) in “Fast Five” ( Image: Universal)

He added to Entertainment Tonight : “Making this movie came after a very difficult time making Furious 7, and so never in my life did I need to do a movie where I could laugh and smile and enjoy myself more than right now, more than the time I made this movie. I needed to do this movie and I’m so blessed that I had the opportunity to make a movie, not to have to do a brooding character, not to have to go to a dark place.”