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Martindale stars in Days of Thunder as pit girl ‘Donna’. Apparently, according to an Indiewire article, she so convincingly acted the part that Robert Duvall mistook for her a real pit girl!
Days of Thunder is a 1990 American sports action drama film produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, and directed by Tony Scott. The film stars Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Robert Duvall, Randy Quaid, Cary Elwes, Caroline Williams, and Michael Rooker.
- June 27, 1990
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- TOM CRUISE'S CHARACTER, COLE TRICKLE, WAS LOOSELY INSPIRED BY A REAL NASCAR DRIVER—AND IT WASN'T DICK TRICKLE. It was Tim Richmond, a fiery, hard-partying, ladies' man of a NASCAR driver who died of AIDS in 1989.
- THIS IS WHERE TOM CRUISE AND NICOLE KIDMAN MET. It was the Aussie actress’ first American film. She and Cruise started dating while the movie was being shot, and were married on Christmas Eve 1990, six months after the film's release.
- IT'S ALSO WHERE DIRECTOR TONY SCOTT MET HIS WIFE, A "PIT GIRL" ORIGINALLY PICKED UP BY PRODUCER DON SIMPSON. Among Simpson's many excesses was making screenwriter Robert Towne write in a small role for Simpson's new girlfriend, an actress named Donna Wilson.
- THE FILM DIDN'T FINISH SHOOTING UNTIL ABOUT SIX WEEKS BEFORE IT HIT THEATERS. That's an unusually short post-production schedule for such a big-budget, tech-heavy film, but shooting delays left Paramount with little choice.
In " The Color of Money ," the young pool player, a natural, was tutored by a once-great pool hustler and emotionally nurtured by an older female who had been around the block a few times, in preparation for a two-part showdown with (a) his hated opponent on the professional pool circuit, and (b) his Mentor himself.
Donna works tirelessly for several charitable organizations and was delighted to lend her support to Sojourn Services for Battered Women and Break the Cycle by appearing in VDAY West LA's benefit production of Eve Ensler 's The Vagina Monologues. Donna's greatest joy is being a mom to twin 6-year-old boys Max and Frank.
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Jun 27, 1990 · Days of Thunder: Directed by Tony Scott. With Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall, Nicole Kidman, Randy Quaid. A young hot-shot stock car driver gets his chance to compete at the top level.
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