Washington, May 29 -- For Vin Diesel, it's all about family, and that includes Helen Mirren. The Fast and Furious actor, 57, shared a heartfelt post as he raved about his friendship with the Academy Award winner.

"Over the weekend, I heard from one of my favourite people on the planet," Diesel wrote in his caption on his Instagram handle.. "Helen Mirren... that Auntie you love to talk to, who has seen everything and always has an outlook on life based on experience, wisdom and compassion," reported People.

Diesel, who first joined forces with Mirren, 79, in 2017's The Fate of the Furious before her later appearances in three other Fast-adjacent films, wrote that it was "interesting how fitting the character she portrays in our saga is."...