If before his death, Paul Walker had never been so happy , actor Fast & Furious , who died last week in a tragic car accident, had experienced a darker past. Indeed, before being famous , Paul Walker was homeless. This is what reveals the social worker Ken Williams , who met the actor and his collaborator Brandon Birtell when they both worked on a documentary.
The film followed the lives of the homeless on the streets of Santa Barbara, California, where Paul Walker lived for several years while he was a student. "Brandon and Paul were homeless for a while when they were in college and were keen to share their experiences on the street. Brandon lived in his car, as many students who sleep in a vehicle or in a shelter for the homeless , "said Ken William the Daily Mail website . " They said it lasted for a short period and they knew that it was very different problems some homeless people in the neighborhood ," he adds .
A PROJECT " CHAOTIC AND DIFFICULT "
Shot for a year in 2009, the documentary Shelter - " Shelter " in French - tells the story of four homeless , including a blind man called Pops . "They wanted to follow me everywhere, and they wanted to see the homeless through their eyes . They do not want people to be aware filmed " remembers it.
Paul Walker continued to work on the film while pursuing the saga Fast & Furious . Ken Williams wants the public to remember the actor as a good and caring man . " During filming of the documentary, Paul had to go to Brazil for Fast & Furious but with Brandon , they are really out of their comfort zone to do so. They had never done something like that and it was their bring no prestige , "says the social worker. " Paul , I remember his humility. He was full of plans but he wanted to do it, it says a lot about the person he was. It was so chaotic and difficult to do," he concludes .
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