Vin Diesel (Photo : Facebook)
The late Paul Walker's "Furious 7" co-star Vin Diesel should be nominated by the 2015 Academy Awards Best Supporting Actor for his role as Groot in the 2014 film "Guardians of the Galaxy," according to Manohla Dargis of The New York Times.
Dargis wrote that Diesel should be nominated for the Oscars on the same category with "Top Five" actor Cedric The Entertainer, "Inherent Vice" actor Josh Brolin, "Foxcatcher" actor Mark Ruffalo and "Archipelago" actor Tom Hiddleston.
On Jan. 5, Diesel took to Facebook to express his gratitude over the recognition by posting a photo of Groot with a caption, "Grateful for the opportunity to breathe life into such a unique and rewarding character... Happy Creative..."
Directed by James Wan, "Fast & Furious 7" also stars Lucas Black, Jason Statham, Dwayne Johnson and Vin Diesel playing the characters created by Gary Scott namely Sean Boswell, Ian Shaw, Luke Hobbs and Dominic Toretto respectively. Among their co-actresses are Michelle Rodriguez and Ronda Rousey.
Diesel is also set to star in "The Last Witch Hunter," which is his first onscreen non-sequel movie since the 2008 film "Babylon A.D," according to Screen Rant.
On Jan. 11, Sunday, Diesel also took to Facebook to share a photo of himself with a caption, "Part of the fun of being an artist is the ability to interpret your own artistic process. I certainly didn't need to wear jumping stilts into the recording booth at Disney... and yet, in some strange way, it helped me transition into the unique role of Groot."
