According to the Hollywood Reporter, rumors are circulating in Los Angeles that Tom Cruise is in talks with Paramount Pictures about a sequel to the cult film Days of Thunder. In this film, Tom Cruise plays the role of Cole Trickle, a prodigy driver who aims for a career in Indycar, but finds himself in Nascar somewhat against his will. In addition, it was during the filming of this film that he met Nicole Kidman, with whom he remained married from 1990 to 2001. Will Tom Cruise reprise this role, 34 years later? It wouldn't be the first time…
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Trickle after Maverick
Let us remember that it is almost forty years after Cruise put on the suit of another kind of pilot, Pete Maverick Mitchell, for the sequel to Top Gun. This return was a global success, we can therefore imagine that the desire is there to bet on another legendary “sequel”. With who in charge? With what scenario? And especially when? That is the question, because Cruise's schedule couldn't be busier, notably with a film project actually shot in space, and a third part of Top Gun.
One thing is in any case certain, in the event that the film sees the light of day: a number of scenes would be filmed during the real Nascar championship, in the same way as what was done for the Apple film on F1, with Brad Pitt.
