Earlier than F1: The Film raced into theaters final week, Brad Pitt was initially set to star in one other racing movie alongside none aside from Tom Cruise.
In a Wednesday interview with The National, the actor revealed that he’d like to reunite together with his Interview with the Vampire co-star once more sooner or later. Pitt famous that he was supposed to look alongside Cruise in Ford v Ferrari, nevertheless, they ended up departing from the movie as a result of the Mission: Inconceivable star realized his character wouldn’t be doing quite a lot of driving.
“Tom and I, for some time there, had been on Ford v Ferrari with Joe [to direct],” he stated. “This was about 10 years earlier than the blokes who truly made it — and made it an important film.”
“What it got here all the way down to is that we each wished to drive, and he wished to play Shelby, and I wished to play Ken Miles. And when Tom realized that Carroll Shelby wouldn’t be driving a lot within the film, it didn’t come by means of,” he added.
The roles of Ken Miles and Carroll Shelby ultimately went to Christian Bale and Matt Damon, respectively, whereas James Mangold directed.
Pitt additionally addressed rumors of a possible F1 sequel, admitting that he “would need to drive once more, selfishly talking,” nevertheless, his character, Sonny Hayes, notably leaves System One racing by the tip of the story. He did observe that he’d like to probably work on a follow-up to Cruise’s 1990 racing movie, Days of Thunder. The Hollywood Reporter solely revealed final yr that Cruise was trying into making a sequel to the NASCAR racing film.
“F1 continues to be the main focus. It must be on Joshua Pierce — Damson Idris’ character — and the remainder of the group preventing for a championship. The place does Sonny slot in? I’m unsure,” Pitt stated. “Sonny’s most likely out on the Bonneville Salt Flats, setting velocity data or one thing like that. So I’m unsure past that, simply but.”