Go to Driving School With 'Need For Speed' Star Aaron Paul

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By TJ Diestch

Published Jan 9, 2014

Aaron Paul demonstrates his skills in a new behind-the-scenes clip featuring some of his driving training to prepare for Need For Speed.

0011-NFS-D021-12866r Aaron Paul stars as Tobey Marshall in an exciting return to the great car culture films of the 1960s and ’70s that tap into what makes the American myth of the open road so enticing. “Need for Speed” chronicles a near-impossible cross-country race against time — one that begins as a mission for revenge, but proves to be one of redemption. ©2013 DreamWorks II Distribution Co., LLC

Some actors toil for months in the gym before filming a movie, but Aaron Paul got to spend his prep time for DreamWorks Pictures' Need For Speed at the track. There, he learned to do a lot of the stunts viewers will see when the EA video game-based film when it hits on March 14.

Scott Waugh's Need For Speed also stars Dominic Cooper, Dakota Johnson, Imogen Poots, Kid Cudi and Michael Keaton.

Framed for a crime he didn’t commit, muscle car mechanic and street racer Tobey (Aaron Paul) gets out of prison determined to settle the score with the man responsible for his false conviction. Tobey tears up the road in a gritty cross-country journey— one that begins as a mission for revenge, but proves to be one of redemption.