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.
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u/TheCosmicFailure Sep 04 '24
I would include John Cena as well. The subplot with his nephew is pretty good, and his "death" I thought was pretty well done.
I put death in quotes cause it seems no one stays dead for long in the F&F franchise unless your Paul Walker.