Director Reveals His Pitch for Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt Movie
Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt haven't been on the big screen together since "Interview with the Vampire" in 1994. Although a reunion is imminent, one director is interested in filming a movie with these two Hollywood stars.
While at the Mexico City premiere for "F1" earlier this month, Pitt was asked if he'd be willing to work with Cruise again. The Academy Award winner made it clear that he refuses to do any of the wild stunts that we see Cruise perform during the "Mission: Impossible" series.
"Well, I'm not gonna hang my ass off airplanes and [expletive] like that," Pitt told E! News. "So when he does something again that's on the ground."
Joseph Kosinski, the director of "F1" and "Top Gun: Maverick," knows one way Pitt can reunite with Cruise without risking his life. During an interview with GQ, he revealed that his dream pitch is a crossover between "Days of Thunder" and "F1."
That crossover would give fans the chance to see Cruise's character from "Days of Thunder," Cole Trickle, clash against Pitt's character from "F1," Sonny Hayes.
"Right now, it'd be Cole Trickle. We find out that he and Sonny Hayes have a past," Kosinski said. "They were rivals at some point, maybe crossed paths… I heard about this epic go-kart battle on Interview with the Vampire that Brad and Tom had, and who wouldn't pay to see those two go head-to-head on the track?"
Even if Kosinski's dream pitch doesn't come to life, fans should expect to see a "Days of Thunder" sequel at some point in the future.
"Yeah, we're thinking and talking about many different stories and what could we do and what's possible,' Cruise told Today Show Australia. 'It took me 35 years to figure out 'Top Gun: Maverick', so all of these things we're working on, we're discussing 'Days of Thunder' and 'Top Gun: Maverick.''
Director Reveals His Pitch for Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt Movie first appeared on Men's Journal on Jun 25, 2025
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