Jason Statham
Cast member Jason Statham arrives for the premiere of the film "Parker" in New York, January 23, 2013. Reuters/Keith Bedford

"Fast & Furious 7's" actor Vin Diesel recently posted a snap of his co-star Jason Statham to his Facebook account. The photo shows Diesel and Statham goofing around during the film's trailer launch event. It received more than 2 million likes and was shared more than 52,000 times.

Reportedly, since the release of "F&F7" trailer, fans are quite keen to know about Statham's role, who for the first time would be seen playing villian in "F&F" franchise. A new footage showing Statham's fight sequences has been released on the film's official Facebook page. The action-packed video shows Statham in a face off with Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson in different scenes. See the video here.

Statham plays Owen Shaw's brother Ian Shaw who goes after Dominic Toretto and his gang. Statham made a cameo in the closing credits of "Fast & Furious 6" where Owen was killed. The post-credit scene of "F&F6" shows Ian Shaw's vehicle flipping over Han's RX-7 Veilside Fortune in Tokyo, thus killing the latter. Then Ian comes out of his car and throws Owen Shaw's necklace on Han's damaged vehicle and calls Toretto on his phone to warn him.

"Dominic Toretto, you don't know me. You're about to...," he says. Not much was revealed about Ian's background in "F&F6," though it is known that he is quite attached to his younger brother Owen Shaw. Moreover, one of the stills leaked from "Fast & Furious 7" showed Statham getting into a fistfight with Dwayne Johnson, who plays Luke Hobbs, a bounty hunter and DSS federal agent tasked to capture Toretto's team. In "Fast Five," he had formed a temporary alliance with Toretto's gang members and had helped them execute a heist to return a favour as Toretto's team saved his life.

Statham is known for playing the antogonist on screen. He has seen as an antihero in films like "The Transporter," "Revolver," "Death Race" and "The Expendables." When he started working on "Fast & Furious 7" last year he said he is super excited to work in the film that involves cars. He even had praises for Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and other cast members of the "F&F" family.

"Fast & Furious 7" is speculated to be a revenge drama film, where Ian would fight for his brother's death and Toretto's gang would try to take him down for killing Han. The official name of the film is "Furious 7," and it is slated to release in April 2015. Directed by James Wan, "Fast & Furious 7" is Paul Walker's last film.