Editing Multi-Facial (section)

==Impact on Diesel's career==
At age 27, Diesel "would drive around [Los Angeles] with VHS copies of [the film] in the trunk just in case [he] bumped into someone who could help [him] with [his] dreams". Upon seeing [[Morgan Freeman]] outside a [[Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts|Four Seasons]] hotel, he approached Freeman and handed him a copy of the film.<ref>{{cite instagram|last=Diesel |first=Vin |title=Sunday night was so cool on so many levels. So many interesting people and scientists that are making our world a better place...However, I want to share this moment with you. As I was walking off the stage after presenting with my friend Mark, Morgan Freeman stopped me. He then told me of an incident that happened over 20 years ago, before I ever did a Hollywood movie... You want to hear it? |date=December 6, 2016 |user=vindiesel |postid=BNs52BTjIVp}}</ref><ref>{{cite instagram |last=Diesel |first=Vin |user=vindiesel |postid=BNs-L_XjKyf | title=As you all know I started acting when I was seven years old, and started bouncing in NYC when I was 17 to pay the bills. Failed the first time I came to Hollywood at 23 and then went back to NY to learn how to be a filmmaker because no one was giving me an opportunity to "make it"... I directed a short film called MultiFacial about a struggling multicultural actor trying to work in New York... I then came back to LA with my short film at 27 yrs old. |date=December 6, 2016}}</ref> In 1997, [[Steven Spielberg]] saw ''[[Strays (1997 film)|Strays]]'' (having already been impressed with Diesel's performance in ''Multi-Facial'') and wrote a role into ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'' specifically for Diesel as a result, giving him his first major film role.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schaefer |first1=Sandy |title=Steven Spielberg Changed Vin Diesel's Life With Saving Private Ryan |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/915109/steven-spielberg-changed-vin-diesels-life-with-saving-private-ryan/ |access-date=8 February 2023 |work=[[/Film]] |date=July 12, 2022}}</ref>