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Tom Cruise’s ‘Days of Thunder’ Costar Randy Quaid Slams Sequel’s Anne Hathaway Casting: ‘Isn’t Sexy’

  • On Saturday, Paramount Pictures and Tom Cruise announced Days of Thunder 2, with Cruise reprising his role as Cole Trickle alongside Oscar-winner Anne Hathaway in a new character.
  • Director Jonathan Levine will helm the project, with Jerry Bruckheimer and Tommy Harper producing; the film is scheduled for release on June 2, 2028.
  • Actor Randy Quaid, who played Tim Daland in the 1990 original, took to X on Saturday to criticize Hathaway's casting, calling her a "leftist, woke, horrible choice" for NASCAR fans.
  • Quaid argued "The sexy older chick for Tom in this film needs to be Nicole," referring to Cruise's ex-wife Nicole Kidman, and claimed the film would "tank" with MAGA supporters.
  • Hathaway, who is pregnant with her third child, responded in the announcement video that she would "have this baby, then make the movie," while the studio has not addressed the criticism.
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Randy Quaid has little need for diplomacy when it comes to the new Days of Thunder. The actor is completely against Anne Hathaway as Tom Cruise's co-star. His alternative? Bringing back Nicole Kidman. And preferably as soon as possible. The now 75-year-old Quaid himself played an important...

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The continuation of the NASCAR car racing film that Cruise starred with Nicole Kidman in 1990 will premiere in 2028 aspiring to be a hit as 'Top Gun: Maverick'.

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Tom Cruise and Anne Hathaway will lead the 'Days of Thunder 2' project: the late sequel will reach the cinemas in the summer of 2028.

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Outlook India broke the news in New Delhi, India on Sunday, August 30, 2026.
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