‘Fast and Furios 7’: Vin Diesel and director James Wan share photos with Tony Jaa; Ludacris describes how filming was without the late Paul Walker

By Staff Writer

Sep 04 2014, 00:21 AM EDT

Vin Diesel shared a photo of him and "Ong Bak" Tony Jaa while training for the "Fast and Furious 7's" action scenes, through his Facebook account.

Posted on September 2, the photo shows Diesel and Jaa performing intense acrobatic tricks while swinging on metal poles. Jaa is a new addition to the cast and his character in the action movie is not yet revealed as of the moment.

Director James Wan took to Twitter last June to share a photo teasing fans with the amount of action in store for them. The photo shows Wan and Jaa performing Karate tricks. In the caption, Wan described the Asian action star as "badass cat" and "the sweetest human being."

Wan's Twitter post was to announce that the filming of with Jaa on "Fast and Furious 7" has ended.

Meanwhile, cast member Ludacris, recently spoke to XXL describing how it was like filming without the late Paul Walker, who has been part of the franchise for years.

While it was previously reported that the late actor has already filmed most of his parts of the movie before he passed away, the cast had a hard time filming without their co-star Walker. Ludacris shared that their team worked through the difficulties for the legacy of their friend.

"It was definitely difficult, but at a certain time, we all came together and understood," the rapper-actor told XXL.

"We was 75 percent done before his untimely death. Us coming back together was definitely hard but there was also an understanding that we were going to finish this movie because that's what he would have wanted us to do. Continue his legacy and leave an extremely huge mark with this film," Ludacris continued.

Moving on, Ludacris made an assurance that the upcoming movie will not disappoint the fans of the franchise. "I think people's breath is going to be taken away when they watch this one," he said.

"April 3^rd, 2015, it will be out," he added.

The rap artist worked alongside Walker since he debuted in the "Fast and Furious's" second installment in 2003. The action movie was Ludacris' debut in the film industry and has since been part of his career for the past 11 years.