More than three decades since Tom Cruise starred in Days of Thunder, he may be considering reprising his role in the racing drama.
Sources confirmed that the 62-year-old Hollywood icon is in early talks with Paramount Pictures for a sequel to the 1990 NASCAR film. Deadline reported on Friday.
Not much is known about the potential project and the outlet reported that details about the possible creative direction are under wraps.
The Top Gun star, who pays his daughter Suri’s college tuition even though they haven’t been seen together in 11 years and she mentioned his last name, met Nicole Kidman while filming on the film’s set in 1989.
The Oscar nominee starred in the action film alongside Kidman, who would marry and later divorce.
Tom Cruise, 62, is in talks to star in a sequel to his hit 1990 film Days Of Thunder, Deadline reported Friday; photographed in June 2023 in Abu Dhabi
It’s unknown if Kidman will be involved in the film, but considering rumors that Cruise skipped the 2023 Oscars to avoid an ‘awkward encounter’ with his ex, as DailyMail.com exclusively reported, it might be unlikely.
In Days of Thunder, directed by Tony Scott, Cruise plays Cole Trickle, a brash rookie stock car driver.
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His portrayal of the racer, along with his 1986 action film Top Gun, would cement his status as an action star.
While filming Days of Thunder, Cruise met and began a romance with Kidman, who played Dr. Claire Lewicki.
Less than a year after finalizing his divorce from Mimi Rogers, he married Kidman, a year after meeting on Christmas Eve 1990, in an intimate ceremony in Telluride, Colorado.
The couple collaborated on films Far and Away and Eyes Wide Shut.
They were married for 11 years before divorcing in 2001 and share two children.
In 1992, they adopted a daughter named Isabella James, and in 1995, they adopted a son named Connor.
Kidman joined the Church of Scientology during Cruise but decided to leave in 1997.
He reportedly got Cruise to leave the church for a short period of time, according to The daily beast.
Sources confirmed that he is in initial talks with Paramount, according to Deadline. Little is known about the potential project; Pictured is a still from Days of Thunder (1990)
The Top Gun star met Nicole Kidman while filming the set of Days Of Thunder in 1989; photographed together on Days Of Thunder
In the film, directed by Top Gun director Tony Scott, Cruise plays Cole Trickle, a brash rookie stock car driver; Pictured with Kidman in a still from the film.
Cruise later moved on with Penelope Cruz before marrying Katie Holmes in 2006.
Cruise and the Dawson’s Creek alum, who share daughter Suri, split in 2012.
As for Kidman, she was briefly engaged to Lenny Kravitz in 2003.
Then, in June 2006, she married country star Keith Urban, with whom she shares daughters, Sunday Rose and Faith.
