Vin Diesel Remembers Paul Walker In Furious 7 Premiere Speech

03/18/2015 09:30 am EDT

Hours after the birth of his third child, Furious 7 star Vin Diesel introduced an advance screening of the film at a theater in California.

During his introduction, Diesel touched on the death of co-star and friend Paul Walker.

"This was a labor of love. It was, in some ways, the hardest movie I ever had to do, because the relationships you see on film are so real. When the tragedy happened, I lost my best friend…"

Diesel became choked up a bit, but received a lot of support from the audience. See it below in a video captured by an audience member:

Furious 7 opens April 3.

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