XXX: Vin Diesel's 007-clone wasn't the threat to the franchise everyone thought

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XXX: Vin Diesel's 007-clone wasn't the threat to the franchise everyone thought

In the summer of 2001, Vin Diesel became a household name. The Fast and the Furious, which was designed as little more than a modestly budgeted action programmer, became the breakout hit of that summer, capturing the cultural zeitgeist in a way that’s hard to reverse engineer. It was a major hit with the youth market. Diesel, with his bald head, muscular physique and unforgettable voice became the decade’s first icon, with audiences fascinated b…