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For his first major film since the release of the billion-dollar grossing, movie theater-saving Top Gun: Maverick, Joseph Kosinski is directing the upcoming F1 movie starring Brad Pitt. And according to the filmmaker, that’s a good thing, because having Tom Cruise behind the wheel of a F1 car would be a terrifying thing.
During a recent profile interview with GQ about the upcoming F1 movie, that touts a reported $300 million budget, director Joseph Kosinski was asked about the differences between his current star Brad Pitt and his previous leading man Tom Cruise.
According to Kosinski, had Tom been in the F1 film, he would have been “pushing it to the limit” and “scaring them” more than Brad Pitt did.
“Tom always pushes it to the limit, but at the same time is super capable and very skilled. They both have the natural talent for driving. But yeah, I could see Tom maybe scaring us a little bit more,” director Joseph Kosinski said.
“We’d have had a crash. Tom pushes it to the limit. I mean really to the limit. That terrifies me. I mean, I’ve done loads of ‘Mission: Impossibles’ with Tom and it’s the most stressful experience for someone like me building cars for him, doing stunts with him. Whereas Brad listens and he knows his abilities, and I think he’d be the first to say, ‘Yeah, I’m not going to do that,’” action-vehicle supervisor Graham Kelly told GQ.
In addition to Academy Award winning actor Brad Pitt, F1 also stars Damson Idris, Javier Bardem, Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies, Kim Bodnia, Shea Whigham, Joseph Balderrama, Sarah Niles, Samson Kayo, Callie Cooke, Will Merrick and more.
All ten Formula One teams from the 2023 season are also set to appear in the film, which includes drivers such as Max Verstappen, Sergio Pérez, Lewis Hamilton, George Russell, Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz Jr., Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri, Fernando Alonso, Lance Stroll, Pierre Gasly, Esteban Ocon, Valtteri Bottas, Zhou Guanyu, Nico Hülkenberg, Kevin Magnussen, Nyck de Vries, Daniel Ricciardo, Yuki Tsunoda, Liam Lawson, Logan Sargeant and Alexander Albon.
Check out the official trailer for F1 below.