Meadow shared the touching moment on Instagram along with updates about the intimate beachside wedding ceremony.
Meadow Walker, the daughter of Fast & Furious star Paul Walker, married her boyfriend, actor Louis Thornton-Allan in the Dominican Republic this month. Her father passed away in 2013 after a collision.
The 22-year-old did not have her father to walk her down the aisle but his good friend and co-star in the seven Fast & Furious films, Vin Diesel, stepped up to fill in his shoes. When Diesel as his character, Dominic Toretto said, "I don't have friends, I have family," he meant it and walked Meadow down the aisle for her wedding.
The touching moment was shared by Meadow on her Instagram. Speaking to Vogue, she said, “We couldn’t have imagined it to be any more perfect and personal—and honestly it was easy and simple. Louis and I knew exactly what we wanted from the start. It was a very intimate celebration.” Thornton-Allan proposed to her after they had quarantined together in London where Meadow was working. "He couldn’t wait for the ring we had been thinking of designing and proposed with a ring I had been given on set that day," she recalled and added, "It was so sentimental and sweet. I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way.”
The wedding ceremony was intimate and included only close family and friends. “The pandemic impacted our plans,” Meadow explained. “Louis’s family wasn’t able to attend. A lot of close friends whom we consider family were also unable to attend due to travel restrictions.” She wore a custom Givenchy Haute Couture wedding dress designed by Matthew Williams and accessorized with Tiffany & Co. jewelry to complement it. Her actual engagement ring was custom-made by close friend Eduardo Saggese at Eclat Jewels. The ceremony was held on the beach. It was followed by a candlelit dinner and the cutting of the cake. “We were all barefoot, dancing in the sand,” says Meadow. “To finish the night, there was a wonderful display of fireworks, and we lit lanterns into the picturesque night sky.”
The Walker and Diesel family share a close bond. Meadow spends time with Diesel's family and she has even shared a selfie with Diesel’s children, Hania, Vincent, and Pauline with the caption, “Family, forever.” In fact, six-year-old Pauline was actually named after the late Paul Walker. In 2015, he told TODAY, "It felt like, you know, a way to keep his memory a part of my family and a part of my world."
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