John Cena had to "fight for [his] life" during scenes with Vin Diesel in 'F9'.
The wrestler-turned-actor has revealed he didn't hold back in his fight scenes with Vin, 53, in the new action movie.
Recalling their intense fight scenes, he shared: "I had to fight for my life.
"Vin is amazingly strong and I was actually very surprised. I didn’t know what it was going to be like because he is just a giving actor and a giving performer.
"I come from a wrestling universe where you try to make something look punishing, but the goal is for you and your partner to do it 300 nights a year and I thought is that how this movie is going to be? And it’s not! Vin is all in."
John plays the long-lost brother of Vin's on-screen character in the new movie.
And the Hollywood star admitted that he can relate to certain elements of his character's story.
He told RTE: "We’re human beings and I’m 44 years old and I have the regular scope of emotions that humans have, and it includes sadness, bitterness, anger, regret ... And a lot of times unfortunately those are portrayed against the people we hold closest to us.
"Families are tied closest together and I have certainly had my ups and downs with my siblings and my parents but that is a road we all go down in life."
Meanwhile, Vin recently revealed he gave Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson “tough love” when he joined the ‘Fast & Furious’ franchise.
The action star was rumoured to be feuding with his co-star in 2016, and he explained that, as a producer on the action series, he had a particular vision for the former wrestler’s character, Luke Hobbs.
He said: "My approach at the time was a lot of tough love to assist in getting that performance where it needed to be."
