Tom Cruise is embracing the necessity for pace… however not of the “High Gun” selection. On X June 27, Cruise wrote a congratulatory message to producer Jerry Bruckheimer, who not solely is the person behind this weekend’s field workplace hit “F1,” but additionally the Cruise-starring NASCAR movie “Days of Thunder” — launched in theaters 35 years to the day of the brand new Brad Pitt-led Method One motion drama.
“I all the time love the enjoyable and adrenaline of a racing movie,” Cruise wrote. “At this time marks two racing milestones for my good friend Jerry Bruckheimer, the discharge of ‘F1’ and the 35 12 months anniversary to the day of our collaboration with the nice Tony Scott on ‘Days of Thunder.’”
Cruise posted a sequence of photographs from the manufacturing of “Days of Thunder,” all on the race observe.
“Unbelievable to look again on this movie right now, and congratulations to Jerry, Brad, Joe and the entire F1 crew on their launch,” Cruise added.
The comparisons between Cruise and Pitt’s motion prowess was additionally made earlier this month on the “F1” premiere, when Pitt responded to the suggestion that he star alongside his fellow field workplace champ in a “Mission: Not possible”-style thriller.
“Effectively, I’m not gonna hold my ass off airplane shit like that,” he stated in an interview with E! Information. “When he does one thing once more that’s on the bottom.”
The pair have recognized each other for many years, and racing has helped outline their friendship because the starting — albeit in not fairly as excessive stakes a venue. “He’s candy,” Pitt stated of Cruise. “Yeah, we did have our go-cart days again within the ’90s,” although he stated that Cruise normally beat him on the go-cart observe.
“F1” director Joseph Kosinski, who additionally led “High Gun: Maverick” in 2022, stated there’s a risk “Days of Thunder” might be woven right into a future “F1” sequel.
“Effectively, proper now, [the sequel would] be Cole Trickle, who was [Cruise’s] ‘Days of Thunder’ character,” Kosinski instructed GQ (by way of Movieweb). “We discover out that he and [Brad Pitt’s] Sonny Hayes have a previous. They have been rivals in some unspecified time in the future, perhaps 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 these two go head-to-head on the observe?”
Pitt and Cruise nearly paired collectively in a racing drama based mostly on the e-book “Go Like Hell” by A.J. Baime. In 2013, THR reported that Pitt and Cruise have been in talks to star in that film, which might take six extra years to truly make it to the display. Even earlier than that, the challenge had been by way of a number of potential incarnations, with Pitt rumored to be on the casting checklist as early as 2009.
Ultimately, neither would find yourself starring within the film, and “Go Like Hell” was a title that ultimately was scrapped, too. It as a substitute grew to become “Ford v. Ferrari,” starred Christian Bale and Matt Damon, netted 4 Oscar nominations (together with Greatest Image), and raked in over $225 million on the field workplace.
