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Is Vin Diesel related to Telly Savalas?
By Indy!
January 15, 2025 8:09 pm
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I often wondered about that because they look similar and have a lot of the same mannerisms but never got around to looking into it... until now. The answer is NO they are not related... at least they weren't until recently because guess who is playing Kojak in the upcoming movie based on the classic TV series... That's right - Yul Brynner.

😐

No, he's dead. Vin Diesel - that's who. Hope it's dark and dirty and doesn't involve a lot of fast cars or Tyrese Gibson. Michelle Rodriguez? Okay. Gal Gadot? Okay. But not Tyrese or The Rock, please.

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  1. by Curt_Anderson on January 15, 2025 11:12 pm
    I wonder if Vin's Kojak will have have bushy haired fellow cop. Telly's was played by his real-life brother. Talk about your sibling rivalry!


  2. by Indy! on January 16, 2025 7:08 pm

    Maybe Vin has a real life brother who hasn't shaved his head - I don't know. But he better have the lollipop and the attitude. You know who would be great to direct that one? William Friedkin. Give us something really dark, gritty and street... Did you know the car chase in The French Connection was actually done live - without any permits, traffic stoppages or anything else? They drove full speed thru the city chasing the actual elevated train - and Friedkin was in the car. 👀

    More Kojak trivia... do you know why Savalas was always sucking on lollipops?


  3. by Curt_Anderson on January 16, 2025 7:44 pm
    I didn't know or had forgotten that about the French Connection. I assumed that Kojak (or maybe Savalas) was trying to quit smoking.

    Have you watched Only Murders In The Building? Steve Martin's character was the star of a forgotten detective show called "Brazos". As Brazos his gimmick was to have dental pick/flosser in his mouth. Obviously an homage to "Kojak".


  4. by Indy! on January 16, 2025 9:05 pm

    Have not seen it and yes - Savalas was trying to quit smoking.

    If you have Prime - check out the Friedkin documentary. Of course he's best known for the Excorcist, but he did a ton of great movies - French Connection, The Boys in the Band, Sorcerer, The Brink's Job, Cruising, To Live and Die in LA... In the mid-70s he found out Fritz Lang was still alive and arranged a movie interview. Turns out Lang hated his landmark film - Metropolis.


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