Brad Pitt Reveals Why His Version of “Ford v Ferrari ”Starring Alongside Tom Cruise Never Got Made

Brad Pitt is sharing why he and Tom Cruise didn't reunite connected nan large surface for Ford v Ferrari.

The F1 actor, 61, said to pinch The National successful an question and reply published July 3 to talk his latest racing film, erstwhile he explained what precisely went down that prevented he and Cruise, 63, from starring together successful what later became nan 2019 sports play featuring Matt Damon and Christian Bale.

While nan Academy Award-winning movie was yet directed by James Mangold, a planned earlier loop of Ford v Ferrari would person seen F1 head Joseph Kosinski down nan instrumentality and was group to prima Cruise and Pitt, but nan task fell done owed to budgetary reasons.

Now, Pitt is detailing different logic things didn't needfully activity out. “Tom and I, for a while there, were connected Ford v Ferrari pinch Joe [to direct]. This was astir 10 years earlier nan guys who really made it — and made it a awesome movie,” Pitt said.

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“What it came down to is that we some wanted to drive, and [Tom] wanted to play Shelby, and I wanted to play Ken Miles. And erstwhile Tom realized that Carroll Shelby would not beryllium driving overmuch successful nan movie, it didn’t travel through," he added. "So I’m not judge really that’s going to activity [in a imaginable ‘F1’ sequel], but we’ll springiness it a go. I’d emotion to.”

Still, Pitt sewage his clip successful nan driver's spot pinch Kosinski's F1, which arrived successful theaters June 27 and stars nan character arsenic Formula 1 driver Sonny Hayes. The film, made successful collaboration pinch F1 athletes for illustration producer Lewis Hamilton, besides features stars Damson Idris, Tobias Menzies, Kim Bodnia and Javier Bardem. 

The character told The National that he'd beryllium up for a sequel, too, adding that nan "focus" of a follow-up would person to beryllium connected Idris’ character.

“I would want to thrust again, selfishly speaking,” Pitt said. “F1 is still nan focus. It needs to beryllium connected Joshua Pierce – Damson Idris’s characteristic – and nan remainder of nan squad fighting for a championship. Where does Sonny fresh in? I’m not sure."

He continued: "Sonny’s astir apt retired connected nan Bonneville Salt Flats, mounting velocity records aliases thing for illustration that. So I’m not judge beyond that, conscionable yet. Right now, I’m conscionable pleased arsenic punch that thing for illustration this tin bring group together. That’s nan powerfulness of this benignant of cinema.”

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Cruise and Pitt, who starred in Interview pinch a Vampire back successful 1994, whitethorn not person reunited connected nan large surface lately but they did walk immoderate clip together connected nan red carpet for F1 connected June 23. And arsenic Cruise explained earlier this year, nan brace are nary strangers to racing together.

“It’s awesome to spot Brad driving,” Cruise astatine CinemaCon 2025, per CinemaBlend. “He’s a very bully driver. Believe me, I’ve raced against him. When we were doing Interview pinch nan Vampire, we’d spell and title go-karts. We’d virtually decorativeness and spell thrust go-karts each night.”

In a abstracted question and reply pinch E! News backmost successful June, Pitt besides shared his thoughts connected a early team-up pinch Cruise, explaining that he'd beryllium down nether 1 condition.

“Well, I’m not gonna bent my ass disconnected airplanes and s--- for illustration that, so… erstwhile he does thing again that’s connected nan ground," he joked.