Paul Walker was the face of the Fast & Furious franchise at the beginning, so why didn't he return for The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift? Now known as one of the biggest movie franchises around the globe, Fast & Furious has risen high from its humble beginnings. The original 2001 film made $200 million worldwide on a small budget and introduced viewers to Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and Walker's Brian O'Conner. 2 Fast 2 Furious, which starred Walker, doubled the budget but only earned about $30M more worldwide. For the third entry in the franchise, Universal Pictures journeyed to Japan with The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. The film largely focuses on new characters, with Lucas Black playing the lead of Sean Boswell. Tokyo Drift is also where Sung Kang made his debut as Han and the story was largely self-contained to drifting across Tokyo instead of drag racing or working for the cops. The one moment when this changed was Diesel making a cameo as Dom at the very end, but many...
