Overview
- On Nov. 25, Diesel posted a throwback photo on Instagram lauding Johnson’s turn as MMA pioneer Mark Kerr in The Smashing Machine.
- He wrote that “Dwayne really did it… he brought us back in time and shined doing it,” and called their past on‑screen pairing “one of the most dynamic.”
- Diesel said Kerr was among his first California friends and helped train him for the 2002 film xXx.
- The post follows a yearslong rift that eased after Johnson’s 2023 Fast X cameo, when both said they had put the past behind them.
- Coverage notes strong critical notices for Johnson in Benny Safdie’s A24 drama and reads Diesel’s praise as a fresh sign of détente, with some speculation about a possible Fast 11 reunion that remains unconfirmed.