As the title suggests, "Baby Driver" follows a young criminal who happens to be a pretty great getaway driver. Unsurprisingly, star Ansel Elgort had to take 10 stunt driving classes before shooting on the hit movie began.
He discussed the process of preparing to play the enigmatic character during an interview with Seth Meyers (via YouTube).
However, despite the intense rehearsal process, Elgort wasn't actually driving the car much on set since it was handled by a team of professional stunt drivers to ensure everything went smoothly. Moreover, he was only allowed to drive when other actors, such as Jamie Foxx and Jon Hamm, were safely elsewhere.
Regardless, Elgort really took a liking to the car his character drives in the movie, a Subaru WRX STI, and the cheeky actor even bugged the "Baby Driver" producers to let him keep it after they wrapped.
The "Fault in Our Stars" breakout offered to pay for it, but there was no response from the higher-ups until, months after the fact, they surprised him with the car as a birthday gift.
Clearly, sometimes it pays to be bold.
