Tom Cruise made a surprising performance at the London premiere of F1Joining Brad Pitt on the red carpet and marks their first public reunion in over three decades. The two last appeared on the screen together 1994’s Gothic Cult Classic Interview with the vampireDirected by Neil Jordan, where they portrayed immortal opponents.
The red carpet moment quickly became a full circle event for the two Hollywood heavyweights and reigned Surr around a long abandoned high-octane racing project that once aimed to reunite them on the screen. Director Joseph Kosinski, who helps F1 and previously collaborated with Cruise on Top Gun: Maverickrevealed in a new GQ interview that he had originally represented Cruise and Pitt along with his own tag at Ford V Ferrari. The project would have presented both actors who carry out their own driving stunts – a hallmark of Cruise’s action career, and a challenge Pitt now takes on F1.
“It would be them, behind the wheel, to do everything,” Kosinski reminded. “Tom always shoots to the limit, but at the same time is super capable and very skilled. They both have the natural talent to drive. But yes, I could see even scare us a little more.”
Despite early voltage around the casting, the project was finally protected due to budget problems. Ford V Ferrari Later was realized by director James Mangold, with Christian Bale and Matt Damon. The film was released in 2019 and received widespread critical praise and received four nominations from the Oscar Award and won two.
At F1 Premiere, Cruise and Pitt posed for photographers, their appearance renewed public interest in their long -standing professional friendship. Pitt had recently shared his desire to work with Cruise again, although he noted that some extreme stunts may not be of interest. “Well, I’m not going to hang out from aircraft and [stuff] Like that, Pitt said in an interview with E! News earlier this month. ” So when he does something again it is on the ground, [then yes]. “
Both actors are currently leading major summer release. Tom Cruise returned when Ethan Hunt in Assignment: impossible – the final bill, which premiered in May with a global debut of $ 200 million – marking of the franchise’s strongest opening so far. The film has since collected over $ 540 million all over the world.
Brad Pitt, in the meantime, headlines F1A collaboration between Apple Original Films and Warner Bros., directed by Kosinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. Bruckheimer also produced Top Gun: Maverick And several Assignment: Impossible Payouts, the two stars link back behind the scenes.
IN F1Pitt performs many of his own choral sequences and echoes the vision that was once held for the Cruise-Pitt Racing collaboration that never became. At the moment, the audience will have to settle for the reunion with the red carpet; An exciting insight into a partnership that may have redefined the adrenaline-powered racing genre.
F1 Opens in theaters all over the world on June 27.
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