Tom Cruise considered playing Prefontaine, but decided against it citing that he was too old for the part.
Tommy Lee Jones, Harrison Ford and Clint Eastwood were considered for the part of Bill Bowerman but they all turned it down and Donald Sutherland eventually landed the role.
Second movie within a year to tell the Prefontaine story. The first being Prefontaine (1997) with Jared Leto in the role.
Sans limites (1998) is an American biographical sports film. It is written and directed by Robert Towne and follows the relationship between record-breaking distance runner Steve Prefontaine and his coach Bill Bowerman, who later co-founded Nike, Inc. Billy Crudup plays Prefontaine and Donald Sutherland plays Bowerman. It also stars Monica Potter, Jeremy Sisto, Judith Ivey, Matthew Lillard and William Mapother.
Explaining how Tom Cruise got involved in the project, Kenny Moore said:
"Robert and I happened to be working on a project with Tom Cruise, who is also a runner and was training for a triathlon at that time. Robert showed him seven minutes of Fire on the Track: The Steve Prefontaine Story (1995), a documentary about Steve Prefontaine. Tom immediately loved the story and wanted to see it made as a dramatic feature."
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