Nearly five years after his tragic death, Paul Walker is still in the minds and hearts of his family, friends and fans.
The actor's life and legacy are celebrated in an upcoming documentary, I
Am Paul Walker, and in honor of the touching tribute, ET is taking a
look back at our own greatest moments with Walker.
ET first met Walker in 1998, when he was a spunky young actor starring
in Varsity Blues. He was about to get his big break in Hollywood -- but
he made it clear he planned to do things his way.
"People are so afraid to offend, or say something. You know, 'Maybe I
won't get another job, I don't want to bad mouth this person or bad
person,'" he said. "Personally, I like to be straight up. If I had some
smack, or some trash to talk about someone, I'd be tempted to give it to
you right now... I don't have any, and that's the real story."
Then, in 2000, ET was with the actor on set of The Fast and the Furious,
where he starred as Brian O'Conner, one of his most and iconic roles.
Back then, however, Walker confessed he wasn't nearly the driver his
character turned out to be. "We went to this racing school in Vegas," he
admitted. "I learned a lot. I learned just how little I knew about
driving!"
Walker was a quick learner, but sadly, it was also a high-speed crash
that killed him nearly five years ago, on Nov. 30, 2013. ET spoke with
the father of one just six months prior to the accident, where he said
his love for cars evolved throughout his life. "I grew up hunting and
fishing, and I've always been into archery. I've always been into cars,
and it's like they're associated, it always comes down to, oh, those are
macho, those are real guy things to do. In my family, that was just
stuff we did, that's just the way it was," he explained.
"So, you know, car racing, growing up [with] all the different car
publications around the house, going to my grandfather's shop, he had
his own transmission, he built his own motors and, you know, he was the
first to break 160 mph back with the Ford Falcon back in the day, which
was a big deal. And then he started racing Mustangs and I think it's
just a part of my [DNA]," he continued, before praising Fast and the
Furious as his "dream job."
"They formed together this like, dream job, so I've been living it for
awhile now," he expressed. "The dream is to have it all. Who says you
can't have your cake and eat it too? ... You only live one time. I want
to get it all in."
I Am Paul Walker premieres Saturday at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Paramount Network.
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