Dwayne Johnson On Paul Walker Death: Four months has passed yet the scar left by Paul Walker's death to the hearts of Fast Furious cast remains fresh. As the film is set to resume production this April, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, who seldomly talks about this matter, has finally shared his thoughts on his best friend's tragic death.
"The biggest pain I felt was for his family, his daughter," Johnson told Yahoo Movies on Monday while he was promoting his upcoming film, "Hercules," at CinemaCon in Las Vegas.
He also said that he will do everything to make the late actors' character, Brian O'Conner, an appropriate finale.
"It's very important for everybody involved, of course," Johnson said. "It's not easy, and it's a challenge when you have something like this - a beloved person. Paul, as you guys know, he was truly one of the good guys - a great dude, who didn't take himself seriously, loved what he did, understood the business of the business. You got the real deal, genuine guy when you got him. So it's important for everybody to creatively honor him in the best way that we possibly can."
"[You deal with it] as best you can," he said. "We've all dealt with that kind of loss before, where it jolts us and it jolts our hearts. I think it also has a way of informing us. Loss like that also has a way of making us love better, love stronger, appreciate our loved ones and our family that much more, when we wake up and when we go to bed. How families deal with loss, everyone has their own process."
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Walker's character will not die - he'll be "retired." And the New York Daily News reported that remaining scenes featuring Walker will be completed using four different body doubles with his face and voice being used on top using CGI.
"As far as for the movie family that he had, it just takes time," he said. "You just need space, and space was created. The studio took a moment, took a beat, created a lot of space too. You know, you move forward one day at a time with it. As a family, they move forward one day at a time and get through it. Then I think the movie family and the studio and the movie itself, they move forward one day at a time too, and as respectfully as you can."
Johnson added that his heart ached most for Walker's 14-year-old daughter, Meadow, who was recently in the headlines because her grandmother, the late star's mother, is trying to become her legal guardian.
We had talked about that a multitude of times - how cool it is to be a dad. There's that really special bond between a dad and his little girl. She'll always be his little girl. ... So my biggest pain was for his family and for his daughter, mom, and dad."
