{"id":2119883,"date":"2026-08-30T22:15:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T19:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2119883"},"modified":"2026-08-30T22:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T19:15:14","slug":"randy-quaid-calls-anne-hathaway-horrible-choice-for-days-of-thunder-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2119883","title":{"rendered":"Randy Quaid Calls Anne Hathaway &#8216;Horrible Choice&#8217; for &#8216;Days of Thunder 2&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/a1\/16by9\/2026\/08\/30\/a1765df0d844418cb128343df34a1b4e_xl.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">Randy Quaid Calls Anne Hathaway &#8216;Horrible Choice&#8217; for &#8216;Days of Thunder 2&#8217;<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Randy Quaid<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Anne Hathaway&#8217;s Too Woke for &#8216;Days of Thunder 2&#8217;<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"google-preferred-btn js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-icon.svg\" alt=\"Google\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"google-preferred-btn__title\">Add TMZ on Google<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-08-30T15:15:14-07:00\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/sitemaps\/article\/202608\"><br \/>\n                August 30, 2026<br \/>\n                <\/a><br \/>\n                            3:15 PM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-15f1a50bb7d5df08df0c35fec969cca9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260830_a1765df0d844418cb128343df34a1b4e\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:d6550e5d-509c-4f7f-bebc-fe488a62bf15\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/a1\/4by3\/2026\/08\/30\/a1765df0d844418cb128343df34a1b4e_md.jpg\" alt=\"main-randy-quaid-anne-hathaway-getty-shutterstock-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Getty\/Shutterstock Composite<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-2c1ec72353f0ec38ec7b505cdce4366b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/randy-quaid\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Randy Quaid<\/strong><\/a> is putting the brakes on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/anne-hathaway\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Anne Hathaway<\/strong><\/a> joining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/tom-cruise\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Tom Cruise<\/strong><\/a> in &#8220;Days of Thunder 2&#8221; 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