FILM-VIN DIESEL/LAST WITCH HUNTER Vin Diesel says being named the third highest paid actor in the world is surreal

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  • Title: FILM-VIN DIESEL/LAST WITCH HUNTER Vin Diesel says being named the third highest paid actor in the world is surreal
  • Date: 6th August 2015
  • Summary: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 05, 2015) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) VIN DIESEL, ACTOR, SAYING: "Oh my God. Sure, I mean the wardrobe it's self. I was a fantasy role playing game guy in my teens and in my twenties. So, to actually play a character that speaks to that is some ways closer to me than most characters I play."
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  • Story Text: Actor Vin Diesel leaves his need for speed and picks up a sword for the new film 'The Last Witch Hunter."
    Diesel premiered the trailer for the movie on Wednesday (August 5) in New York: "It's so exciting. One of the coolest things about doing movies like this is seeing the CGI come to life and seeing the work of the visual effects. It's kind of, there is something richly rewarding."
    The trailer also serves as a walk down memory lane as the actor recalled shooting several of the scenes.
    "That scene that you just saw her - this field here they pumped in real pollen. So everybody was like, had allergies that day because they were just using the pollen to create this effect, this kind of."
    In the film, Diesel enters into the world of the supernatural as Kaulder, who is tasked with saving the human race as the last witch hunter. The actor mainly known for his roles in the "Fast and the Furious" franchise said this role takes him back to one of his first loves.
    "I was a fantasy role playing game guy in my teens and in my twenties. So to actually play a character that speaks to that is some ways closer to me than most characters I play," said Diesel.
    On Tuesday (August 4) Forbes magazine named Diesel the third highest paid actor in the world behind Robert Downey Jr. and Jackie Chan. The publication said the New York native brought home $47 million (USD) in 2015.
    "I just saw that so I don't know if I've really processed it all. It's surreal and it's especially surreal reading that article while being in New York because, you know, when I was sixteen years old I was break dancing right downstairs at Columbus Circle for money. The other day I took a tour around the city and looked at my old haunts and - it's surreal and I've got to say I don't think about it a lot."
    "The Last Witch Hunter," which also stars Elijah Wood and Michael Caine, is due to hit U.S. theaters on October 23rd.
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