Actor Paul Walker wasn’t just a pretty face on the big screen. He had many facets to his personality, things he didn’t really share with the public, which made him breath of fresh air in Hollywood.
He Really Loved Car Racing, Too
Even before he starred in the “Fast & Furious” film franchise, Walker was a car nut. While filming “The Skulls” in 1999, he said to director Rob Cohen, “I want to do a movie where I’m racing cars or I’m an undercover cop,” so Cohen granted him his wish in 2001 by casting him in “The Fast and the Furious.”
In 2010, Paul began competing semi-professionally in the Redline Time Attack series, driving a BMW M3 E92. He was also a part-owner of the performance shop Always Evolving, whose CEO Roger Rodas was driving the car that killed both him and Walker on Saturday.