PAUL WALKER TO BE HONORED AT THE MTV MOVIE AWARDS
12th April 2014 10:00am Published By Arnold Johnson @arnold__16
The MTV Movie Awards are going down this Sunday, and organizers are planning to honor Paul Walker, the Fast and Furious actor who died in a horrific car crash.
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The late Fast and Furious actor has featured in previous MTV movie awards and the networks decision to honor his memory in this year's event comes as no surprise. The MTV movie awards slated for Sunday will have clips of Paul Walkers work and Jordana Brewster will be the one who will kick off the process of honoring Paul Walker.
When asked about the tribute, the MTV president Stephen Friedman had this to say, |
“Paul Walker was a role model for the MTV audience since the very beginning of his too-short career. Our audience grew up with him, from Varsity Blues to the Furious franchise, he was a movie star but one that they could relate to.”
He went further on and added that,
“Paul’s humanity and kindness clearly showed through every role. We’re honored to be able to spend a moment in this year’s Movie Awards to celebrate him.”
The executive producer of MTV Movie Awards, Garrett English had this to say about the late first and the Furious actor,
"Well, I think we are just really happy and honored that they were willing to allow us to celebrate him in some way on the show and his family and friends were willing to have that happen.
"He's been such a big part of the channel, what the channel's audience has been about. He's been such a big part of our show in the past that it felt really right to us, and we're just really happy and honored that they were willing to allow us to do something for him on the show."
He went further on and added that,
“Paul’s humanity and kindness clearly showed through every role. We’re honored to be able to spend a moment in this year’s Movie Awards to celebrate him.”
The executive producer of MTV Movie Awards, Garrett English had this to say about the late first and the Furious actor,
"Well, I think we are just really happy and honored that they were willing to allow us to celebrate him in some way on the show and his family and friends were willing to have that happen.
"He's been such a big part of the channel, what the channel's audience has been about. He's been such a big part of our show in the past that it felt really right to us, and we're just really happy and honored that they were willing to allow us to do something for him on the show."