Cusack takes on Ivan 'for research'

John Cusack has been keeping some dangerous company lately. The High Fidelity star has become pals with formidable surfing legend Laird Hamilton and the daredevils recently flew quite literally into the eye of a storm in the name of research for a new film.

They jumped in a Hercules jet that flew head on into Hurricane Ivan, which devastated the Caribbean and parts of Florida last month, to get some first-hand experience for his next role as a freak weather chaser.