Tom Cruise Says He and Brad Pitt Would ‘Go Drive Go-Karts All Night' During Breaks From ‘Interview with the Vampire': ‘He's a Very Good Driver'
Tom Cruise says he and Brad Pitt raced go-karts to unwind after long days of filming 'Interview with the Vampire.' Cruise, who starred as Lestat opposite Pitt's Louis in Neil Jordan's 1994 film, took part in Paramount Pictures' presentation at CinemaCon on Thursday, where he expressed excitement about Pitt's upcoming film 'F1.'
'Brad's got a new movie with Jerry Bruckheimer and Joe Kosinski. I can't wait to see that this summer. It'll be awesome,' Cruise said, according to CinemaBlend. 'It's great to see Brad driving,' He added. 'He's very good.'
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'F1,' produced by Bruckheimer and directed by Kosinski, stars Pitt as a retired Formula 1 driver who makes a long-awaited return to racing. Cruise told the CinemaCon crowd he's got firsthand experience with Pitt's driving ability, sharing an anecdote from the set of 'Interview with the Vampire.'
'He's a very good driver,' Cruise said. 'Believe me, I've raced against him. When we were doing 'Interview with the Vampire,' we'd go and race go-karts. We'd literally finish and go drive go-karts all night.' Though Cruise seems to remember the filming of 'Interview with the Vampire' fondly, Pitt has previously bemoaned the shoot, telling Entertainment Weekly in 2011 that the 'miserable' shoot felt like 'six months in the fucking dark.'
While Louis and Lestat don't get behind the wheel of go-karts in 'Interview with the Vampire,' Jordan's film (based on Anne Rice's 1979 novel) does end with Cruise's centuries-old vampire taking a joyride in a convertible after making a miraculous return from un-death.
'F1' hits theaters June 27.
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