NASCAR may be heading back to the big screens, and Jeff Gordon wants it to happen.
In November of 2024, it was reported that actor Tom Cruise, who played the infamous character of Cole Trickle in 1990’s ‘Days of Thunder‘, was in talks of reprising his role in a sequel for Paramount Pictures.
Following Sunday’s Daytona 500, Gordon confirmed he has had conversations regarding the potential movie sequel.
“I’ve absolutely talked to Tom about it because I want him to do the project,” Gordon said. “And we want to be a part of it if it were to happen.”
Gordon and Cruise have had a friendship in the public eye for years, with the actor sitting stop Gordon’s pit box in the past as well as surprising Gordon during his retirement speech at the 2015 NASCAR Awards.
“He seems to like to tease it, so I don’t know. We’ll see what happens,” he said. “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.”
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