In 2004, Vin Diesel reprised his role as Pitch Black's Riddick in The Chronicles of Riddick which did moderately well at the box office. In 2005 Vin Diesel played a lighthearted role in the comedy film The Pacifier, a surprise box office success. In 2006 Vin Diesel chose a dramatic role playing real-life mobster Jack DiNorscio in Find Me Guilty. Although he received critical acclaim for his performance, the film did poorly at the box office. Later that year he made a cameo appearance in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, reprising his role from The Fast and The Furious. Vin Diesel was originally offered the lead in 2 Fast 2 Furious but turned it down. Vin Diesel was also offered the chance to reprise his role from xXx in xXx: State of the Union but turned it down as well. In March 2006, Vin Diesel stated that he was working on a sequel to The Chronicles of Riddick.
