Action hero Vin Diesel used to be a break-dancer
April 3rd, 2011 - 5:31 pm ICT by ANILondon, April 3 (ANI): Action hero Vin Diesel has revealed that he used to be a break-dancer before he rose to fame with ‘The Fast and the Furious’ movie franchise.
The superstar actor made the revelation during an appearance on the Tonight Show With Jay Leno.
Diesel said he used to sneak into New York City nightclubs when he was a teenager, to practise his dancing skills.
But the star seemed shocked, when the chat show host brought out an old VHS tape featuring a group of young dancers including a baby-faced Diesel.
“I’d never seen that copy… that’s incredible,” The Daily Mail quoted the actor as saying when Leno held up a tattered copy of Breakin’ in the USA.
The how-to video features a very skinny Diesel, whose real name is Mark Sinclair Vincent , sporting an afro hairstyle, a blue headband and a blue warm up suit.
It shows the future movie star demonstrating series of break dance moves, first by himself and then with a partner.
Diesel laughed several times as he watched clips of himself dancing, then joked: “Those were the good ole days.” (ANI)
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