Walker Was Angered by Diesel's Pullout

Paul Walker said he was angry when Vin Diesel, his co-star in The Fast and the Furious, pulled out of the sequel, 2 Fast 2 Furious.

"I thought we were partners. It hurt my feelings," Walker told Teen People magazine for its May issue. "But once I stepped back, I realized that I couldn't take it personally - it's all about business."

Diesel chose not to do the sequel after a problem with contract negotiations. His new action movie, A Man Apart, in which he plays a DEA agent seeking revenge for his wife's murder, opened at No. 3 at the box office last weekend with $11.2 million.

Walker becomes the star in 2 Fast 2 Furious, opening June 6. He reprises his role as Brian O'Conner, an undercover cop who infiltrated a Los Angeles drag-racing ring in the original 2001 film. Now, Brian has been stripped of his badge and must redeem himself by investigating street racers in Miami.