Vin Diesel has said that he sees no reason why his new film Fast & Furious 5 would not be a contender at next year's Academy Awards.
Diesel reunited with original Fast and the Furious stars Paul Walker and Jordana Brewster for the fifth entry in the franchise, and claimed that he feels the film is worthy of some recognition.
"I wouldn't be surprised if there is some Oscar talk around this," Diesel told the Los Angeles Times. "I don't know, maybe I'm just biting off what some guy from Channel 7 thought."
Diesel added that he believes films like Fast & Furious 5 are often discriminated against by critics and award ceremonies because they appeal to a different type of audience.
"But sooner or later people are gonna say, 'Wait a minute, just because they are for the working class doesn't mean they're not great'," Diesel added.
The Justin Lin-directed film broke Universal's box office records when it opened two weekends ago, taking $83.6 million (£51.1m) domestically in its first weekend.
The director recently confirmed that a sixth Fast and the Furious movie is already in the works
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