Vin Diesel Gets 'Fast and Furious: Supercharged' at Universal Studios

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YH gets an exclusive look at Universal Studios Hollywood's newest ride, 'Fast and Furious: Supercharged'! We catch up with our buddy and star of the movie franchise, Vin Diesel, who reveals why we make him feel special, and we also chat with one of the theme park's creative execs, Chick Russell, who tell sus all about what goes into creating a "thrill ride"! We even get to feel fast and furious by testing out the new ride ourselves!
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Hey, guys, Nikki Novak here for Young Hollywood at Universal Studios, Hollywood. Are you guys feeling fast? Are you feeling furious? Well, that is not enough. You got to be feeling supercharged to ride this ride. And a Chick wrestle, you are the executive producer of creative at Universal. So you get the best of both worlds, because you're an executive and you get to be creative at the same time. Those things don't usually mesh together.
Yeah, that's a It's a pretty good uh life here at Universal Studios Hollywood. We're in the middle of this epic transformation that's happening here. They're asking us to build uh new thrill rides as fast as we can. The films are almost like a thrill ride themselves. And we said, "What if we can create a thrill ride that lets you feel what it's like to be in one of those films?" So you actually feel the wind in your face. So you get to feel like Vin Diesel.
That's the whole thing. I want selfies with all of you. Come on, man. You once kissed my ear at Young Hollywood. I love your Young Hollywood room.
You do, don't you? I'm still thinking about like how do I build that. Dude, crowds come around you like this all the time.
Never. But it really feels cool.
Does it feel cool to be in? And you guys who are making me feel really special. Not This ride comes at the end of Jaws Psycho and King Kong. Which one do you most relate to?
I'd say King Kong. Yeah, but when I say King Kong, my son says, "No, you're more Godzilla."
Oh, I love that. You could do the remake. Congratulations on being a ride at Universal. People can experience you every single day. It's very cool.
I'm very excited about it. I'm actually excited just to see the ride and experience it first hand for myself. Because I never ever got to go on the ride before. Guys, sorry. The mayor is telling us, "The mayor is telling us."
Anytime, guys. Bye Vin, thanks. It's Spanish. Okay, so this is Dom's official car from Fast and the Furious. Are you here to make sure I don't scratch it or dent it or do anything?
No, I'm here to tell you about it if you have.
Tell me about it. How fast does it go?
It can go over 200 mph.
So, I'm going to be the official stunt person. I'm going to go crashing through that Fast and Furious sign. I'm going to officially open the games today and the parks' newest ride. Fully fueled up. I'm ready to go on the ride. We are allowed to go on the ride. We're going to take you guys on the ride. Are you ready to do it? Let's go hit the tram. These are things actually. Welcome to Universal Studios, Hollywood. This is your backlot tour. Now we're passing through where they shot the the you know that movie? Yeah, that movie. Some of the biggest Westerns in history have been shot back here. Who knows? John Wayne might pop out. This is like the start of the ride. We're showing you guys lots of gears. This is a supercharged car on Wisteria Lane. Did you just hear that they're patching everyone into agent Novack from the FBI which is muck. Let me tell you guys, something is about to go down here. You just survive We even got water on the lens. All right, you guys, I hope you had fun checking out the Fast and Furious Supercharge ride with us. We are Young Hollywood. We are at Universal Studios, Hollywood. It's all about Hollywood. It's all about movie magic and and studio magic and ride magic. And we hope you had fun. Vroom vroom. I'm going to go hang out with Vin now. This is our turn. Move.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Vin Diesel
Star of the Fast and Furious franchise and featured in the ride.
- Chick Russell
Executive Producer of Creative at Universal Studios Hollywood.
- Nikki Novak
Host for Young Hollywood at Universal Studios Hollywood.
- John Wayne
Mentioned in relation to Westerns filmed on the backlot.
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