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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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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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Randy Quaid criticises Anne Hathaway's casting in the "Days of Thunder" episode. She is "not sexy" and a "terrible choice". On the weekend, it became known that Anne Hathaway (43) is part of the cast of the sequel "Days of Thunder" . The Oscar winner, who did not play in the original 1990 film, will be shown at the side of the returner Tom Cruise (64), as he confirmed on his official Instagram account, among other things. But the cast is not ent…

·Hamburg, Germany
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Tom Cruise returns as Cole Trickle. Anne Hathaway's role as an engineer/team owner focuses on modern NASCAR technology.

·Berlin, Germany
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Anne Hathaway is in front of a film camera in the sequel to the 90s racing strip "Days of Thunder" with action star Tom Cruise. "I'm going to give birth to this baby, and then we're going to make this movie," said the 43-year-old actress in a short announcement clip.

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