Producers of the Fast and Furious franchise have reportedly decided to retire the character of Paul Walker, who died in a horrific car crash in November 2013, from the film.
Insiders revealed that the 40-year-old actor’s character, Brian O’Conner, will not be killed off in the film, but the plan is to retire the character in a way that the studio hopes will satisfy fans of the franchise and make use of the existing footage of Walker.
Sources added that movie bosses devised a plan to tweak the existing script so that Walker would remain a part of the story but could be written out, allowing the franchise to continue without him.
Earlier on Friday. Paul Walker’s official cause of death was released by the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office.
According to the documents, Walker died from “combined effects of traumatic and thermal injuries.” The report went on to say that the Porsche he and Roger Rodas crashed in was going approximately 100 mph.
No traces of alcohol or drugs were found in either body.
