By MARCELA ISAZA
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES
Before his death, “Fast & Furious” star Paul Walker was drawing parallels between his real-life role as dad to 15-year-old daughter Meadow and his part as an unexpected father to a newborn baby in the upcoming Hurricane Katrina drama “Hours.”
Walker and his friend and fellow fast-car enthusiast Roger Rodas died Saturday when the 2005 Porsche Carrera GT they were traveling in smashed into a light pole and tree. The two had taken what was expected to be a brief drive away from a charity fundraiser and toy drive at Rodas’ custom car shop in the Southern California community of Valencia, about 30 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
Walker starred in all but one of the six “Fast & Furious” blockbusters. He had been on break from shooting the latest installment; Universal Pictures has not said what it plans to do with “Fast & Furious 7,” currently slated for a July release.
Lionsgate’s Pantelion Films is set to release “Hours” on Dec. 13. Walker also stars in “Brick Mansions,” a remake of the French action film “District B13” that Relativity plans to release next year.