Belmont Cameli didn't shy away from chronicling his BMX busts during the interview. As he said, "I wiped out plenty of times in the training that I did." However, not all of Eli's BMX moments were the actor's doing. "Anytime you see Eli on a bike, and you're like, 'Whoa,' that's my stunt double, Rob Armour, who's a professional rider in North Carolina," Cameli explained. "The things he could do on a bike were unbelievable. I got to hang out with him and got to BMX [with] Ryan Nyquist. We went to his house, and we went to a number of different parks in the area that they would frequent."
Though much of the stunts in the film are Armour's doing, Cameli was grateful to live out his own childhood dream, making the movie feel that much more authentic. As he noted, "Hanging out with that community was super fulfilling for me. I grew up wanting to be a professional BMX rider, and that never materialized. I got to do it for three months in North Carolina, which was awesome."
"Along For the Ride" is now available on Netflix.
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