Brad Pitt Announces He Wants Tom Cruise in ‘F1’ Sequel

Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise previously announced they both wanted to work Ford v Ferrari, a landmark racing movie, and now Pitt says he wants Cruise in a follow-up to F1: The Movie.

Pitt told The National he's still not sure exactly how it would work out, but added, "we’ll give it a go. I’d love to."

"Tom and I, for a while there, were on Ford v Ferrari with Joe [to direct]. This was about 10 years before the guys who actually made it – and made it a great movie," Pitt said.

Pitt plays the star role of a former Formula 1 driver who comes back to the track as a coach for a rookie driver and failing team in the new movie.

He also noted both he and Cruise wanted to have lots of wheel time in Ford v Ferrari, which ended up being why at least Cruise didn't go forward with playing the role of Carroll Shelby.

"What it came down to is that we both wanted to drive, and he wanted to play Shelby, and I wanted to play Ken Miles," Pitt said. "And when Tom realized that Carroll Shelby would not be driving much in the movie, it didn’t come through."

Shelby led Ford's real life racing effort that unseated Ferrari from its six-year win streak at the historic 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race in 1966.

F1: The Movie, 10 days after release, has generated nearly $300 million in revenue worldwide, becoming Apple's most successful movie so far, according to Variety.

Both stars famously often forego stunt doubles in their films, instead opting to do their own stunts, which, combined with the fact that both wanted to play key driving roles in Ford v Ferrari, could make for a competitive F1 sequel. However, with real Formula 1 races including 20 drivers, two for each of the ten teams, they could also find themselves in some wheel-to-wheel action.

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