The late Robert Duvall passed away earlier this week, and in a recent post on social media, a co-star of his on a 1990 Tom Cruise action movie recounted a story about his time on set.
What movie did Robert Duvall yell at Tony Scott over?
In a recent post on X, Randy Quaid recounted a brief story that took place while filming the 1990 sports action movie Days of Thunder. Quaid joked that, now that both Duvall and director Tony Scott have passed away, he hopes to never see someone “rip a director a new a–hole quite like Duvall did on Days of Thunder.”
While Quaid didn’t go further into details on just what happened, the story quickly had fans laughing about the situation. Quaid appeared alongside Duvall and Cruise in the film, which followed the story of a young hotshot racer recruited by Quaid’s character to drive for his NASCAR team. The film was a success, earning more than $150 million at the box office.
Duvall is best known for his performances in The Godfather films, Apocalypse Now, Tomorrow, True Grit, MAS*H, To Kill a Mockingbird, and more. The legend was also known amongst the world of theater as well, having acted in a number of plays, while also starring in a litany of television shows, including The Defenders, Playhouse 90, and more.
Duvall won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Mac Sledge in Tender Mercies (1983) and received Oscar nominations for The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, The Great Santini, The Apostle, A Civil Action and The Judge. He portrayed Tom Hagen in The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974), Lt. Col. Kilgore in Apocalypse Now (1979), and Augustus “Gus” McCrae in the 1989 miniseries Lonesome Dove.
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