DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Assist him, Tom Cruise!
NASCAR Corridor of Famer Jeff Gordon desires a “Days of Thunder” sequel and stated at Daytona Worldwide Speedway that he is been in contact with the Hollywood actor about making the undertaking come to life.
“I’ve absolutely talked to Tom about it because I want him to do the project,” Gordon stated. “We want to be a part of it if it were to happen.”
The Hollywood Reporter reported in November that Cruise had talked to Paramount a couple of follow-up to his 1990 NASCAR racing movie. The unique was a critically panned summer season blockbuster that was largely lampooned all through the NASCAR business for its exaggeration and overindulgence.
Over the many years, the movie has since develop into a cult favourite in NASCAR circles and remains to be quoted by race followers to today.
“Rubbin’, son, is racin’,'” lives on, the immortal line from crew chief Harry Hogge, performed by Robert Duvall.
Driving excessive from his “Top Gun” fame, Cruise had an thought for a film primarily based on quick vehicles and the characters who raced them. And so started the making of “Days of Thunder.”
Gordon may impressed have Cruise’s Cole Trickle again within the day, although the character was loosely primarily based on the late Tim Richmond. Gordon, now vice chairman at Hendrick Motorsports, gained the Daytona 500 on Sunday with crew proprietor Rick Hendrick and driver William Byron. Gordon and Cruise have remained pleasant — Cruise confirmed up at a 2015 NASCAR banquet to honor the retiring Gordon — which may enhance the prospect of Gordon and Hendrick Motorsports’ involvement in a sequel.
“He seems to like to tease it, so I don’t know,” Gordon stated Sunday night time. “We’ll see what happens. If that doesn’t happen, I feel pretty confident there’s a project out there that will get NASCAR back on the big screen, if not just a really cool docuseries or something beyond even what we’re already seeing right now.”
The film in the end launched NASCAR to a wider viewers that had very restricted publicity to stock-car racing earlier than that summer season. There had been racing films earlier than — suppose “Thunder Road,” “Grand Prix,” “Stroker Ace,” and even “Smokey and the Bandit” — however none that had depicted NASCAR in such a mainstream fashion.
“Hard to imagine how you pull that off today because they actually had race cars with cameras in the race, and the cameras were big,” Gordon stated. “Cameras have gotten a lot smaller so maybe you could pull it off, but how do you do it and make it realistic and really authentic?”
NASCAR has seen extra swings and misses than checkered flags in the case of its portrayal on the massive or small display screen since “Days of Thunder.” For each “Talladega Nights,” there are 10 extra bombs reminiscent of comic Kevin James’ ill-fated Netflix’s comedy collection, “ The Crew.” Gordon stated he was inspired that higher days are forward for NASCAR within the leisure business.
“I am seeing just a lot more momentum in projects like coming through NASCAR and coming to Hendrick Motorsports and just more interest,” he stated. “So that’s good, right? It talks a lot about where the sport is at, where it’s heading, the amazing crowd that was here all weekend, not just today, new TV partners.”
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