Cameli’s character Eli has major BMX aspirations, even though grief soon gets in the way.
As a result, Cameli had quite a few wipeouts when he filmed some of the more complex scenes.
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.
“The things he could do on a bike were unbelievable.
I got to hang out with him and got to BMX [with] Ryan Nyquist.
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.
