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Vin Diesel & Ruby Rose On Their 'xXx' Bromance

Vin Diesel & Ruby Rose On Their 'xXx' Bromance

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Actors discuss the unique relationship between their characters in 'xXx: The Return of Xander Cage'

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Young Hollywood

Hey guys, it's Tracy in the Young Hollywood studio, and I am joined by the most bad-ass duo, I think, on planet Earth. Vin Diesel, Ruby Rose. Oh, round of applause, right? That's, I like that, I like that. We can keep that. I think we should keep it. Yeah. You had me. Uh, well, by the way, you both have been here before, and you just noticed that Vin Diesel's face is actually on one of our pillows.

Vin Diesel

Well, it's 'cause I was searching for my own face. And instead, I had to just find this face, this mug in here. And she sat on it. And I was like, look at that pose. Maybe they're just all Hollywood, and then I'm like, wait, there's Australians there? What? Miranda Kerr, you got Rebel Wilson.

Ruby Rose

Oh, we're gonna need your own pillow. Yeah, I just want one, just my face. Just, just

Vin Diesel

Just all the Australian dolls. I want all the people in here sitting on my face.

Ruby Rose

Where's our UK pillow?

Young Hollywood

Speaking of UK and you do a lot of UK accents, you were just

Ruby Rose

You don't want to make life. I just last night was seeing Oliver Twist with with James Corden. I saw that. Did you see that?

Vin Diesel

I did. It was actually really hilarious. Adorable.

Young Hollywood

Is that like one of your favorites?

Vin Diesel

Well, the irony is there was a scene in the movie where I walk into a coffee shop, and I'm whistling Oliver Twist. And it didn't make the movie, but it was very funny.

Ruby Rose

It's so funny. I played Oliver and Nancy in Oliver Twist in my school play.

Vin Diesel

What? Nice.

Ruby Rose

Yeah.

Vin Diesel

Did you know that?

Ruby Rose

I did not. In two different performances, clearly, 'cause I couldn't have done two of them at once. But yeah, in like grade five I did, I think, Nancy and then I, you know, upgraded to doing Oliver. I was really happy 'cause I got like the main part then.

Vin Diesel

Well, maybe you'll have to be Oliver Twist at some point.

Ruby Rose

I know, but you're gonna be Nancy.

Vin Diesel

I see a remake, I see a remake. Yeah, you're gonna be Nancy. Signed the bad-ass duo. Hey, can I have some more? I said, more!

Young Hollywood

Oh, well, speaking of returns, by the way, uh, Xander Cage has returned.

Vin Diesel

XXX. The world has changed. The war we're fighting today needs a different kind of soldier. Kicks some ass. And try to look dope while you do it. I could definitely make that work. This one's special, I brought I brought cool friends and I brought a team.

Young Hollywood

Well, one of your cool friends is right here.

Vin Diesel

It is one of my cool friends and it's one of the things that we're really proud of. The kind of relationship between Adele and Xander is really something special and it's something we talked about early on in the movie in the process of it, but there's something so unique about this. It's so fresh about this relationship. You see these people, they love each other, they have each other's back unconditionally. And you see the joy that they have when they're with each other. And they really do look out for each other. She must have killed a million people on her way. She is most literally, again, bad-ass sniper. Bad-ass sniper. No one can be a sniper like this girl right here. By the way, in the beginning, even before we had met, she had already started training, seriously training as a sniper. And that just for a producer and and for somebody that wants this movie to be so special, nothing was more cool. nothing than that 'cause he was like, on my gosh. I'm going to say, What's going to happen when I meet her? I've been practicing some really cool stunts.

Young Hollywood

Were you actually afraid of her?

Vin Diesel

I

Ruby Rose

Petrified. Petrified.

Young Hollywood

You actually scared Vin Diesel?

Ruby Rose

I mean, I was so petrified. I didn't want to go to set. And then we ended up going to the gym together all the time and then we

Young Hollywood

Oh, hold on. You went to the gym with Vin.

Ruby Rose

Yeah, I was really competitive.

Young Hollywood

Were you nervous about that? 'Cause I was I was terrified about that.

Ruby Rose

I was petrified. I was shaking in my boots. Yeah, he's got full boots. Won't lie. I put some boots. I was so scared. I didn't know what to do really. And then when he would just be so going hard at the gym, I was like, all right, I'm gonna have to go as hard as him. And then when he would be like, we've done, you know, 45 minutes or an hour, like we can stop 'cause we're also shooting throughout this whole time. I'd be like, well, I I've just got one more minute. Just as a principal. Yeah. I'm not gonna do this. All right, forty more seconds, Ruby. You've got this.

Young Hollywood

What is that like, though? Like, what is the training that I mean, I assume that's crazy, but like with you, it must be like times a thousand.

Vin Diesel

Well, it's it's this is a specific kind of character, so

Young Hollywood

And you do all your own stunts, right? Both of you?

Vin Diesel

We do a lot. We do more than we should, but

Ruby Rose

Yeah.

Vin Diesel

I was gonna say. to be honest with you, you know, at some point you gotta grow up, and you're not going to jump into the fire. But uh

Ruby Rose

I haven't got there yet.

Vin Diesel

But there's but we're

Ruby Rose

Neither have I. You have not. You skateboarded in the crate. I know. And he sent me these photos, he's like, my knee. I'm like, you gotta stop with my elbow, like every day. But he's still going again, again, again.

Vin Diesel

It was too fun because I used to skateboard in New York City and I'm realizing, you know, to call that work now is so surreal. We had The reason why people have so much fun when they see this movie is because we, and I can't stress this enough. A lot of people in films and in casts will say, oh, we had a great time filming. It was so much fun. I love you like what you name it, what you name it.

Young Hollywood

You can tell you guys had a blast though, 'cause I think like even the audience were just like, it is fun. It's purely like the adrenaline is pumping nonstop. It's it's pure pure fun.

Vin Diesel

I mean, my sister, who's one of the producers, Samantha, just texts me last night and said, in all the films I've ever done, she's never seen a more unified cast. She's never seen a more supportive and open and present cast.

Young Hollywood

That's amazing.

Vin Diesel

It is amazing.

Ruby Rose

Yeah. We we all have such great friendship now, which you just can't, I mean, I'm so excited about the film and I loved working on it. And of course, we hope there's many more. But the thing that I get to take away with this is just like friendships that I could have never imagined.

Young Hollywood

So, you call this like a bromance, which I found really funny on your on your Instagram. You were like, it's like a gender neutral bromance.

Vin Diesel

That's right. That's right.

Young Hollywood

Which is kind of awesome though.

Vin Diesel

We were working out from the beginning what to call it. We're like, do we call it the brothers? Do we call it, you know, 'cause we just were like, this we haven't seen this before. And how do you label it? Or how do you describe it in a concise way? And we couldn't find it really until the film had been made and you said, It's like a gender-irrelevant bromance. And I was like, we got it. We finally got it. A year and a half later, we got the word. That's right. That's right. Not without effort. I mean, we took we were trying to work it out because we knew we were onto something. You know, there are scenes you'll see, you know, like us on the raft and stuff. You always see this love and it's and in the audience, you envy this relationship. Because it's it has there's no objective to it. It's just unconditional. And it's something we haven't seen in film.

Young Hollywood

Yeah. Well, I have one quick little challenge before I let you guys go, if you're up for it. So it's about so the movie, you're trying to get this Pandora's box. Yes. You gotta stop it from getting into the hands of the bad guys, so that they pretty much destroy everybody. So we have our own little Pandora's box here. Uh-oh. I don't know. I mean

Vin Diesel

Now I'm nervous.

Young Hollywood

What it really means is that you don't know what's inside. It could be a mix of good and evil. It's all glass, and I don't really throw that around. Like, Vin, catch! And then we got black eyes and big slits on our face. I'll show you what's inside. It actually looks pretty nice. It's just it's just some jelly beans.

Vin Diesel

Oh my God, it's trying to bite you.

Ruby Rose

It did try to bite you. You lost a thumb.

Vin Diesel

It's trying to bite you.

Ruby Rose

I did. Medic.

Vin Diesel

It's evil.

Young Hollywood

It is evil. But the truth is, okay, some of these are actually normal jelly beans, and some are really nasty. I will tell you what the flavors are. You have to first guess if it's going to be good or bad. So if you hate it, you can spit it out. Don't worry, I got your back. 'Cause we got we got this.

Vin Diesel

Yeah, exactly. This is

Ruby Rose

Okay, so this is fun. I have a better idea. You you're gonna pick what you think is the worst one for me, and I'm gonna pick the worst one for you.

Young Hollywood

Oh, I like that. This is getting more interesting. And it just went to another level. It just went to another level. But before we know the flavors, 'cause that might give away the the color coordination stuff. I'm gonna give Vin this pink one with green. Oh my God, really? Uh-huh. You're going to do that? And hold it up so everyone can see. Oh God, this is really. It looks like it could be good. No, this is dangerous, guys. It looks like it might be good, but like not Vin, it's definitely not like Vin would usually pick.

Young Hollywood

It's not Vin, it's him. This is this is getting this is really getting scary now, guys. Okay, so I'm gonna tell you what that could be. A strawberry banana smoothie or cyanide. Or, wait a second. Or a dead fish.

Ruby Rose

A dead fish?

Young Hollywood

Guys! Guys! What do you think? What do you think?

Ruby Rose

Oh my God. Do I have to think about it or do I have to just go for it?

Vin Diesel

I think just go for it. Just do it, just zander it.

Ruby Rose

Oh, it's just so nervous right now. Okay. Don't stare. Oh my God, it takes me back to the second grade. Is it strawberry thing, right? Or you you were into dead fish in the second grade? I don't know. I was into dead fish. Oh my God. I was into dead fish. Did you give me the bubble gum one? I thought it was gonna be bubble gum one. I thought it was a bad one. You were right. I didn't.

Vin Diesel

I think it's bubble gum. It's bubble gum. That's what I was gonna say. So you got a good one. So you were You were

Ruby Rose

I think I got a good one.

Vin Diesel

You's acting, he's acting. You should do movies one day. That was good acting.

Ruby Rose

No, I was not acting. You actually like it was bad for a minute. My God, why did I do that?

Vin Diesel

Dramatic effect. Yeah. It worked, it worked. You should do films one day. You could, yeah. Xander Xander never loses. That's really the theme. Xander always wins. He's a winner.

Young Hollywood

Okay, now you pick her. You have to pick her.

Vin Diesel

Oh, so I'm going to be

Young Hollywood

Yeah, you're gonna pick my one.

Vin Diesel

I'm going to. Um, let me go with something inspired by her beautiful eyes. Oh, yeah. Okay, what could it be? Oh, you know what? You got lucky 'cause I think Wait a minute. Oh my God. Come on, give it a minute. Oh my God, it could be Oh, I think it's gonna be berry blue or toothpaste.

Young Hollywood

Oh, you think that's the least worst? Okay, this is scary. This is scary. I don't know what's gonna happen. Oh my God. Oh my God, it's gonna be bad. Give it back. It's the berry one. I wanted to say. Oh my God, this is horrible.

Vin Diesel

That's a good one.

Young Hollywood

I wanted the toothpaste. I wanted to go fresh and shiny. No, no. Now I feel like I've had lots of sugar, and I'm gonna be really high all day.

Vin Diesel

No, it's going to be perfect. This is going to be perfect. Perfect, perfect. Wasn't that evil? It was so good. Yeah. So we're going to

Ruby Rose

Yeah. She knew coming. I knew that one was coming. She should do two. Vincent would do two at the same time. You should do two at the same time. That weird marone one for me. That weird marone one and that that this weird this one. Yes. Simultaneously. This is the worst.

Young Hollywood

And And and Vin chose this for you. Oh. Okay. Go for it. And I brought them the same time. It's a double. Go. What are these? Oh. I thought it was the worst. No, we didn't. You pick your worst. Okay. Are they butter popcorn, raw egg, canned dog food, or chocolate pudding?

Ruby Rose

Oh my God, I hope it's not. I hope it's canned dog food. So it's very exciting. I hope it's canned dog food. It would be climactic. I brought raw egg and canned dog food. Climactic for the show. You can do it. Put your most disgusting. That's raw egg. I'm just going to spit it out. Only because

Vin Diesel

We got a winner here. We got a winner. Oh, God. Did you get a double one? That is fan dog food. Oh my God. We did it. We did it. We did it. We did it. Yes. I think we each other bad jelly beans. Of course, I chose one that looked like it was going to be bubble gum. Right. He gave me one and it would be berries. But then we also knew that you would do this. And you would win the game. And that's what we're here for. And you yeah, you were the champion. So it ended up being evil. It ended up being actually. It ended up being, it bit you. She called it. It bit you when you opened it.

Ruby Rose

It did. It literally said, I don't want to play. Talk to the producer of the show. Say you don't want to do the jelly bean game anymore. Done it. Well

Vin Diesel

You did great.

Ruby Rose

Thank you.

Vin Diesel

You did really well, too. No, we we knew. We really did. We knew what to give him. Look how cute they are. Oh my God. You guys are You were amazing. And we don't know how to thank you.

Ruby Rose

I know, right.

Young Hollywood

You were both amazing. So make sure you guys go check out Triple X. Really? Say it again. We love that movie. Say it again. Let someone yell it. Triple X. So you love the movie. I love it. It is amazing. Seriously. It is incredible. The stunts are out of this world. Out of this world. You'll see what I mean. Check out XXX. And now you did my voice. Check out Triple X. Triple X.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Vin Diesel

    Star of 'xXx: The Return of Xander Cage', interviewed

  • Ruby Rose

    Star of 'xXx: The Return of Xander Cage', interviewed

  • Tracy

    Interviewer from Young Hollywood

  • Miranda Kerr

    Mentioned as an Australian celebrity

  • Rebel Wilson

    Mentioned as an Australian celebrity

  • James Corden

    Vin Diesel saw him in 'Oliver Twist'

  • Samantha

    Vin Diesel's sister and producer

FAQ

Who stars in 'xXx: The Return of Xander Cage'?+
Vin Diesel and Ruby Rose star in 'xXx: The Return of Xander Cage'.
What is the relationship between Xander Cage and Adele in 'xXx: The Return of Xander Cage'?+
Their relationship is described as a special, fresh, and unique "gender-irrelevant bromance" where they love and unconditionally support each other.
Did Ruby Rose train for her role in 'xXx: The Return of Xander Cage'?+
Yes, Ruby Rose started seriously training as a sniper even before meeting the cast for 'xXx: The Return of Xander Cage'.
Do Vin Diesel and Ruby Rose do their own stunts?+
Both Vin Diesel and Ruby Rose do a lot of their own stunts, even stating they do "more than we should."
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