In 2001, Paul told IGN, “I mean, I was familiar with those cars before [the movie]. I mean I knew what everything was, I know Honda Civics, I know Supras, I know Mitsubishi Eclipse. I mean you name the make, I’ll tell you the model or vice-versa. But I was always into domestics, like Chevys and Fords, muscle cars. But after doing this movie or getting into the movie, I should say, and after driving a coupla of them I was like, ‘Oooooooh,’ I mean it made me a believer. I didn’t realize what these things are capable of doin’. But they’re fun to drive, so I had to get one.”
The actor died in a car crash in 2013. He was sitting passenger in a 2005 Porsche Carrera GT, with Roger Rodas at the wheel. The car reached between 80 and 93 mph and hit a pole. Both men died.
