Revealing mistake: Thelma and Louise in one scene are driving at a very high speed with Brad Pitt in the backseat wearing a cowboy hat that never flies off, much less even moves with the wind.
Revealing mistake: Near the end, as they are chasing the two women, the cops turn around on the freeway into the dirt median. They follow exact tyre tracks from previous takes.
Revealing mistake: When they blow up the tanker and drive in circles around the truck driver, the ground has been disturbed from previous takes.
Chosen answer: It's just as you said; he was telling the others to hold their fire. He had no idea that they were going to drive off the cliff; his reaction was evidence of this.
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