Brad Pitt reveals why 'Ford v Ferrari' with Tom Cruise never happened
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Now his F1 star is lifting the hood on the abandoned film project after his new Formula 1 drama scored a $144 million worldwide opening.
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Eventually released in 2019 with Christian Bale and Matt Damon, the movie was based on the triumphant true story of the American car designer Carroll Shelby (Damon) who, along with race car driver Ken Miles (Bale), helped engineer a Ford motor car to take on Italy's fabled Ferrari team at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans race.
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Kosinski said budgetary constraints were part of the reason his proposed film didn't come together. In a new interview, Pitt says they got close to making their own version, but when Cruise found out how little driving he would be doing, he also cooled on the idea.
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With an F1 sequel already being talked about, Pitt says he's excited by the prospect of returning as Sonny Hayes. In the film, Pitt's Hayes gets a chance at redemption when he is given an opportunity to mentor a hotshot rookie driver (played by Damson Idris).
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Pitt got to drive real-life race cars with filming for F1 taking place in front of hundreds of thousands of spectators at actual Formula 1 races like Silverstone — home of the British Grand Prix — and at the Hungaroring near Budapest, as well as the Circuit of Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium, Japan's Suzuka track, the Vegas strip, and Abu Dhabi's Yas Marina circuit.
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'I would want to drive again, selfishly speaking,' Pitt says about a sequel. 'F1 is still the focus. It needs to be on Joshua Pierce – Damson Idris's character – and the rest of the team fighting for a championship. Where does Sonny fit in? I'm not sure. Sonny's probably out on the Bonneville Salt Flats, setting speed records or something like that. So I'm not sure beyond that, just yet.'
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