Diesel, who would like to produce the historic film Hannibal, has asked the Australian actor and director to help him realize his dream.
The film will tell the story of the warrior who uses elephants in combat. The star has already started training, and has been riding the animals.
Diesel tells Empire magazine, "I’ve been location scouting. I’ve been elephant-training, I’ve had a four hour dinner with Mel Gibson, talking about Braveheart, to get prepped for this thing."
"Braveheart was another film no-one wanted to make – imagine going to a studio and saying, ‘I want to do this $70 million movie about a guy running around in a skirt for three hours.’"
Production on the film Hannibal is set to begin next year.