Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise Turn Heads in Rare Public Appearance
Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise were supposed to star in a version of Ford v Ferrari with director Joseph Kosinski attached to direct.
"Pitt and Cruise insisted on driving for real, and their director wanted it that way too. But, Kosinski says, the studio wouldn’t meet the budget he proposed," GQ revealed in Pitt's interview in May. James Mangold ended up directing Ford v Ferrari with Christian Bale and Matt Damon instead.
“Tom always pushes it to the limit, but at the same time is super capable and very skilled,” Kosinski said when asked by GQ about what would’ve happened had Cruise landed the star role in F1. “They both have the natural talent for driving. But yeah, I could see Tom maybe scaring us a little bit more.”
Just a few years later, Cruise and Pitt were spotted together in a surprise appearance. During the F1 premiere in London, Cruise was a surprise guest 31 years after the iconic acting duo starred together in Neil Jordan’s 1994 horror classic Interview With the Vampire.
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The rare appearance for the two acting stars caught fans by surprise.
"Kind of crazy they’re a couple of the biggest stars in Hollywood and they’ve only done Interview With the Vampire together … and that was over 30 years ago," one person said.
"Absolutely love it!And they both still are as handsome and???? as ever!!????," added another.
"They really must be Vampires, they have hardly aged ????????," joked a third.
Pitt recently revealed he'd love to act with Cruise again - but set up a few stipulations first.
“Well, I’m not gonna hang my ass off airplanes and s*** like that,” Pitt quipped about reuniting with Cruise on the big screen. “So when he does something again that’s on the ground, [then yes].”
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