At the end of Fast & Furious 7， while watching Brian OConner （Paul Walker） and Mia Toretto （Jordana Brewster） enjoy family time on the beach with their son， their best friend Dominic Toretto （Vin Diesel） murmurs， “Its never goodbye.”

But as the lives of the two protagonists， OConner and Dominic Toretto， forked off in different directions during their final ride， with OConners car disappearing within a canyon， Toretto knew it was farewell to his rival and friend. And fans of the series knew it was farewell to both OConner and beloved actor Paul Walker.

In the middle of filming Fast & Furious 7 in 2013， Walker died in an unrelated car crash at the age of 40 in California. This was a tragic death for an actor who was fascinated with cars and rose to fame in this cherished street-racing series. It isnt clear yet where the storyline will go in future installments in the franchise without OConner.

Walker helped conceive the original film when he told director Rob Cohen， “I want to do a movie where Im racing cars or Im an undercover cop.” Walker and Cohen combined the two and thats how The Fast and the Furious came into being， wrote Automobile magazine ahead of the opening of Fast and Furious 6.

He often gave suggestions to maintain the movies integrity and credibility. “Being a car guy， I always want things to be more authentic，” he told the magazine.

在电影《速度与激情7》的最后，在看到布莱恩·奥康纳（保罗·沃克饰）、米娅·托雷托（乔丹娜·布鲁斯特饰）和他们的儿子在海滩上享受美好的家庭时光时，他们的好朋友多米尼克·托雷托（范·迪塞尔饰）呢喃道：“不说再见。”

但是就像奥康纳和多米尼克·托雷托这两位主角的命运一样，他们在最后一次竞速中分道扬镳。随着奥康纳的车子消失在山谷之中，托雷托知道，这次真的要和这位亦敌亦友的伙伴说再见了。而粉丝们也明白将和奥康纳以及他们深爱的演员保罗·沃克永别了。

因为出演《速度与激情》系列影片，爱车如命的保罗·沃克名声大噪。而悲剧却悄然而至：2013年，《速度与激情7》尚在拍摄之中，而沃克却因为一场与影片拍摄无关的车祸在加州意外去世，年仅40岁。没有了奥康纳，电影未来续集的故事走向都变得一片茫然。

在《速度与激情6》上映之前，《汽车》杂志曾报道过《速度与激情》的诞生，其构思也有沃克的功劳。他曾对导演罗伯·科恩说：“我想拍一部关于赛车或是扮演卧底警察的电影。”沃克和科恩将这两个构想合二为一，《速度与激情》就此诞生。

沃克常常建言献策，让电影更加浑然一体、真实可信。在接受《汽车》杂志采访时，他说：“作为一个汽车迷，我希望影片能拍得更加真实。”

Its Never Goodbye

—For Paul Walker

Walker had a large collection of cars in his garage. “Remember the lightweight E36 M3？ BMW brought 60 of them to the States， and I have 7 of them，” he told Automobile.

He owned a race team and drove at speeds often reaching 200 miles （322 km） per hour in daily life， according to an interview with ETonline in May， 2013.

As OConner in the Fast and Furious series， which Walker called a “dream job”， he performed many of his own stunts. OConner loses several times to his best friend Toretto in the movies， but Walker， no doubt， was the most skilled driver among the cast.

Walker wrote on his Twitter that acting was only something he was doing “on the side”. He was an outdoorsman， ocean addict and had a passion for many other things in life. He was heading for a charity event when he passed away.

In his short life， Walker certainly lived up to these words he told ET： “You only live one time—I want to get it all in.”

沃克的车库里有大量的藏车。他在采访中透露：“还记得轻量车E36 M3吗？宝马在美国只销售了60台，而我就有7台。”

据2013年5月ETonline的采访报道，沃克拥有一支自己的赛车队，他开车时，以200迈（322公里）的时速行驶更是家常便饭。……