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How 'Pitch Black' Turned Vin Diesel Into an Action Star
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How 'Pitch Black' Turned Vin Diesel Into an Action Star

Riddick was the prototype of the anti-hero character Diesel made a career out of.

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Akos Peterbencze
Mar 29, 2021
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Vin Diesel as Riddick in Pitch Black.

Vin Diesel built his career around portraying ferociously masculine anti-heroes. After his big debut in Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan, he thought: “Thank you, but no thank you. I’d rather be…

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