During his appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Vin Diesel revealed his real name, leaving fans of “The Fast and the Furious” franchise stunned.
Actor Vin Diesel revealed his real name during his appearance on *The Ellen Show* in 2005. More than twenty years later, fans of “The Fast and the Furious” are still shocked by this information.
The first question Ellen asked was whether his name was real. The actor answered directly and admitted that it was not his real name.
“My real name is Mark Vincent”, said the star of “The Fast and the Furious.” He explained that when he worked as a nightclub bouncer, his colleagues gave him fictitious names.
“They started calling me Vin Diesel for some crazy reason,” he said. “In New York, when someone was strong and muscular, people would say, ‘That guy is Diesel,’” he explained.
When he started working in the film industry, the name stuck for good.
“Funny enough, even with such an absurd name as Vin Diesel, I never even questioned whether it was real or not,” joked a fan on Reddit.
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