a href="/myfiles/Images/2015/03/29/li03_big.jpg" title="Actor Vin Diesel pumps his fist at the crowd as he arrives at a promotional event for the movie "Fast & Furious" ahead of its April release in Beijing, Thursday — AP " Actor Vin Diesel pumps his fist at the crowd as he arrives at a promotional event for the movie "Fast & Furious" ahead of its April release in Beijing, Thursday — AP BEIJING — Actor Vin Diesel said Friday that the latest "Fast & Furious" film deserves a best picture Oscar but has two strikes against it when it comes to the Academy — it's an action flick and it's a sequel. "Do I shy away from aiming high? No, I don't," said the 47-year-old actor, who has appeared in virtually all of the "Fast & Furious" action films based around fast cars. He spoke to The Associated Press while in Beijing to promote the new film. "And yet we all know that there's a little stigma towards action films, we know it, we've heard people complain about it, we've heard Marvel complain about it, we've heard DC complain about it, and now Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Batman has never gotten a shot at that," he said. — AP
