The long-delayed "Fast 11" is making star Vin Diesel teary-eyed.
The actor, during a 25th anniversary screening of the original "Fast and the Furious" film, opened up about the progress on "Fast Forever."
Diesel, 59, revealed that filming for the 11th film in the franchise is expected to begin in December, telling Variety in an interview Monday, Aug. 18, that the production went through "four sets of writers" and "four years of development" before getting to a script "worthy of a finale."
Ahead of the screening, Diesel opened up further with the audience.
"After I read the script, halfway through, one tear. By the end of the script that we crafted and worked so hard to make right for you after four years, I was crying," he said, according to the outlet.
"I couldn't hold it back, and I had to tell everyone. And my sister said, 'No more crying, bro.' So I just want to say that sometimes, even the toughest guys in the world need to cry."
The comments echoed similar sentiments the actor made on Instagram earlier in the month.
"You have no idea … When March 17th 2028 comes … you will thank God you got to see the First one in the theaters this summer," Diesel captioned a trailer promoting the 2001 film's return to theaters. "I just read the Fast Forever script by Mike Leslie. It is the best script I have read in decades. I am still crying…"
"Fast Forever" is expected to be the final film in the billion-dollar franchise, the second half of a two-part finale after a major cliffhanger in 2023's "Fast X."
Days after Diesel shared the release date and reaction to the script, the film's director told video game site Polygon that while he is still attached, he hadn't read the emotional script.
"I'd love to tell you the full truth, but I can't," director Louis Leterrier told the outlet in an interview published Aug. 3. "There will be an ending, and it's great. I was very, very lucky to be part of the franchise, and I love Vin, and I love Universal. They're great to work with. So yeah. We'll see, hopefully."
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Why Vin Diesel 'was crying' reading the 'Fast Forever' script
