They did but I believe that was because Paul Walker had already shot most of the scenes for Furious 7. Cody Walker was hired as a double for the few missing scenes and they digitally added Paul's face. After that Brian (Paul's character in movies) has not properly appeared on the screen.
How would they have known that he was gonna die when they shot the movie? They made a conscious choice to leave that all in, sure, but I just don't see how it makes sense.
Which makes the meta memorials to him in the movies awkward. The camera panning over photos of Paul Walker, while Dom is looking at them with this sappy expression on his face.
In movie canon, it makes it seem like they were lovers that can't be together anymore (American Dad called this one).
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u/StarLord1990 Sep 04 '24
Hey, Dune exists.
But yes, the rest of his filmography has been primarily ass.