Brad Pitt says he and Tom Cruise almost costarred in Ford v Ferrari

Tom Cruise hit the breaks on Joseph Kosinski’s adaptation of Ford v Ferrari after he learned that he would have limited time behind the wheel, according to Brad Pitt.

Pitt had been initially been attached to star opposite Cruise in an early version of the film about race car driver Ken Miles and automotive designer Carroll Shelby from his F1 director Kosinski, who recently directed Cruise in the blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick.

“What it came down to is that we both wanted to drive,” Pitt told The National News. “When Tom realized that Carroll Shelby would not be driving much in the movie, it didn’t come through.”

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