--- title: "Vin Diesel Wants Soccer Superstar Cristiano Ronaldo in Fast and Furious" description: "Rumors that Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the great soccer players of all time, might be in the next *[Fast and Furious]()* movie got a little stoking this week. [Vin Diesel]() teased Ronaldo's potential appearance on Instagram a few days ago.…" date: "2025-12-18" modified: "2025-12-18" authors: - name: "Andrew P. Collins" job_title: "Executive Editor" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/andrew-p-collins" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/christian-ronaldo-in-fast-and-furious-sure-why-not" categories: - "Culture" - "News" - "People" --- # Vin Diesel Wants Soccer Superstar Cristiano Ronaldo in Fast and Furious ![Ronaldo in F and F]() *\Waleed Zein/Anadolu via Getty Images, Universal Studios, edited by the author\* Rumors that Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the great soccer players of all time, might be in the next *[Fast and Furious]()* movie got a little stoking this week. [Vin Diesel]() teased Ronaldo's potential appearance on Instagram a few days ago. Last night, [Tyrese Gibson]() did something similar. There have been no official announcements, but it's a fun idea and actually plausible. Last weekend, Vin Diesel's official IG account posted a picture of himself and Ronaldo with the caption: "Everyone asked, would he be in the Fast mythology… I gotta tell you he is a real one. We wrote a role for him… @cristiano." It's a pretty weird picture—Ronaldo looks like a wax statue, camera distortion(?) makes Diesel's hand look the same size as his head, and the dudes appear to be hanging out by a freight elevator. But it made the grid nevertheless. https://www.instagram.com/p/DSJ\_naSjkDz/ Then last night, Tyrese Gibson, who's been in the *F&F* crew since *2Fast 2Furious* ("ejecto seato, cuz!"), posted this bizarre image [on Facebook]() of cast members with Ronaldo welcoming him "to the family" with a mildly nonsensical caption. People in the comments there seem to be split on whether or not the image is AI; I do not think it's real. But I guess the message is more significant than the illustration. My theory, based on what's out there, is that this is either a soft campaign to remind people *Fast and Furious* exists, or one to convince producers to green-light a fat check to get a Ronaldo cameo. ![Image of soccer star Ronaldo with Fast and Furious cast.]() *[*Tyrese Gibson/Facebook*]()* While I think both pictures we just looked at are suspect at best, the idea of Ronaldo appearing in a *Fast and Furious* movie is not at all far-fetched. The soccer star has been actively working his way into the entertainment biz—earlier this year, he [announced]() he was [opening a studio]() with British filmmaker Matthew Vaughn (who did *Kingsman, Layer Cake,* and some other good ones). Ronaldo, age 40, is surely looking for his next move after sports, and starring in movies would be a great high-salary pivot for the already super-famous soccer star. There's even precedent for soccer players appearing in Vin Diesel action flicks. Neymar Jr. had a scene in *xXx: Return of Xander Cage*, which came out the same year he went from FC Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain (he's at Santos FC in Brazil now). You can enjoy that here if you're looking to procrastinate something for a few more minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T7zP4Ui9VE All this to say—Ronaldo in the next Fast and Furious? Absolutely plausible, reasonably likely, but as of this writing, not officially confirmed. *Got a tip? How about recommendations on how to become a soccer fan? Drop me a line at andrew.collins@thedrive.com.* ## Author As Executive Editor, Andrew touches everything on the site from daily news coverage to feature stories, sponsored content, product reviews, road testing vehicles, ecommerce, and more. He's held pretty much every role there is to have at an automotive news site and has been with The Drive's publisher Recurrent since 2020. Andrew's a lifetime gearhead and longtime writer with a particularly strong penchant for road trips, off-road adventures, and archaic vehicles. His passions outside of the automotive world include skiing, obsolete video games, and his dog Bramble who occationally helps review cars. ### Author social links [Instagram]() [LinkedIn]()