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\"That guy made the best of every single minute,\" director Wayne Kramer said in the film. \"He lived five lifetimes.\"

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PHOTO: American actor Paul Walker poses during a photo shoot on April 4, 2006 in Melbourne. Walker is in Melbourne to promote his new film 'Eight Below'.
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In fact, his manager Matt Luber said Walker \"always had one foot in, one foot out\" in Hollywood, electing more and more to focus on his passions.

Donating a bunch of food to a local homeless shelter today!! I love seeing all of your random acts of kindness and can't wait to see more??#PWFdogoodchallenge

A post shared by Meadow Walker (@meadowwalker) on Sep 14, 2017 at 12:10pm PDT

\"He would always say, I wanted to b a park ranger, you know make $28,000 a year,\" his brother Caleb said. \"That's really what he wanted to do.\"

On the day he died in 2013, Paul Walker was taking part in a charity event for his nonprofit Reach Out Worldwide, trying to help those affected by a typhoon in the Philippines.

Last week would have been @PaulWalker 44th birthday and in celebration of that we invited you to join us to DO GOOD! We will be sharing some of the amazing stories and outreach over the next few weeks. Even the smallest random acts of kindness have big impact...thanks to all of YOU who are spreading his light around the world?? Share your DO GOOD stories, tag #PWFdogoodchallenge & nominate 4 friends to join us in this beautiful challenge!

A post shared by Paul Walker Foundation (@paulwalkerfdn) on Sep 19, 2017 at 3:35pm PDT

\"I can actually say he did a lot of things that made a lot of difference in a lot of people's lives,\" his uncle Rhett said in the trailer. \"He was a giver.\"

Walker's daughter Meadow, who is not featured in the trailer, followed in her father's footsteps after his death, launching the Paul Walker Foundation in 2015. She made headlines last year through the Do Good challenge, donating food to local shelters and calling on others like Diesel, Jordana Brewster and others to do the same.

\"I Am Paul Walker\" is out on Aug. 11 at 9 p.m. EST on the Paramount Network.

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