Veterans Cary Elwes and Tom Cruise co-star in “Days of Thunder.” Years later, the famous actor recalls what it was like working with the “Mission: Impossible” actor and what it was like on the first day of filming.
Cary Elwes talks about Tom Cruise’s first day driving on the set of ‘Days of Thunder’
While speaking with Entertainment Tonight, Elwes laughed when looking back at his work and Cruise’s work on Days of Thunder. He recalled a major incident that occurred on the first day of filming, which involved the “Vanilla Sky” actor driving his car for the first time.However, Cruise caused a major accident on the first day of filming. Elwes pointed out that the actor crashed the car he was supposed to drive in the movie into a wall.
“Tom put a car into a wall, actually, on his first day of driving. And these things aren’t cheap. And he was very funny. In the movie, his last words before the crash were: ‘Hey, wall,'” the actor shared.The 63-year-old then thought about what a great guy Cruz is. “He’s a great guy. He’s really a lot of fun to work with, so very professional and very supportive of everyone,” he added.
Cary Elwes talks about the difficulty of driving cars while filming
While Cruise was prepared and familiar with racing cars before the film, Carrey was a complete novice and was unfamiliar with how to handle a race car.
“I had to learn how to drive Nascar, and that was a challenge, because we had three cameras in the car,” he commented. He also revealed that driving with the stuntmen was a task in itself and he had many things to do in front of the camera after he reached a speed of 120 kilometers per hour, which was one of the hardest things he has done.
Plot “Days of Thunder”
The film is set in 1990 and revolves around a reckless but talented young race car driver named Cole Trickle. When he is selected to compete in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, he arrogantly clashes with his boss and crew, but ends up in a near-fatal accident. After recovering, he falls in love with his doctor, and returns to the game to defeat another arrogant newbie who has joined the gang.