Jake Gyllenhaal, the Academy Award-nominated actor, will wave the green flag to start this year’s Indy 500, accompanied by Jeff Bauman, the Boston Marathon bombing survivor and amputee Gyllenhaal plays in the film “Stronger,” which will debut this September. “Star Trek” star Chris Pine did the honors last year. “I visited with actor Morgan Freeman at the start/finish line of the race just before he hopped into the pace car,” Gahl recalls. Surely the pace car experience was a “bucket list” item for the Hollywood star who appeared in the movie of the same name. Sure there have been plenty of David Letterman sightings – the former late night television funnyman and talk show host is an Indianapolis native and invests in racing.

Source: Forbes May 26, 2017 02:48 UTC