Cody Walker is the lookalike brother of late Fast and Furious star, Paul Walker. As per the rumors of the town, Cody has been approached by producers of the Fast and Furious franchise to play the role of Brian O’Connor in the coming sequel called Fast and Furious 7.
A confidential source close to the production team of Fast and Furious has disclosed to Daily mail that the producers have realized the need of featuring a lookalike of Paul Walker. The source commented, “They soon realized they needed someone who looked like Paul to finish the movie”. At present Cody Walker is in Los Angeles with his mother Cheryl to be with her in this troubled times. Paul’s memory still afresh, Cody has very similar features as his brother Paul Walker in many a ways, be it hair color or the facial structure. Another source reportedly told the Daily mail, that Cody can be shot from a distance and then computer graphics can be used to enhance the imagery of Cody to look like Paul Walker. He added saying, “If it’s a shot they need Paul’s face in close up, they can CGI it later on.” Playing Brian O’Connor in some of the last scenes of Fast and Furious may be a bit difficult for Cody Walker, especially when he will play a lookalike of Paul Walker in a movie like Fast and Furious 7? Cody used to work as a stuntman in and so he is not basically a novice in the movie industry of USA. Universal pictures confirmed that the shooting of the sequel will stop for the time being to extend full support to the family members of Paul Walker.
Fans of Paul Walker showed varied reactions to this rumor. They are divided in their opinions but even if Cody is being introduced in the last scenes, it would be as filler because most of the shooting is already done. Although Cody has not commented over this issue, yet speculations are running high.
Initially after the tragic death of the actor-philanthropist Paul Walker on 30th November it was rumored that Justin Bieber would replace him in the sequel but as of now it seems like only a rumor. Presumptions and speculations went viral due to various reasons after the tragic event and conspiracy theories, changing of scripts, role of Paul Walker ran full-fledged in the media world. Although nothing is finalized yet, the family is still mourning the death of their beloved. Funeral took place on 14th December in California and after that a memorial service was held on Universal Pictures lot.
With movies like Hours, Takers, Eight Below, Joy Ride, The Skulls, Timeline, Noel and of course the Fast and Furious series, Paul Walker was a successful actor in Hollywood. Cody Walker to get into his shoes and play Brian O’Connor will definitely be something to wait for. He may be a lookalike brother of Paul Walker but time will speak that whether he can do justice to the role of Brian O’Connor in Fast and Furious 7 or not.
By Sunando Basu
India
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