Tom Cruise is embracing the necessity for pace… however not of the “Prime 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 in addition the Cruise-starring NASCAR movie “Days of Thunder” — launched in theaters 35 years to the day of the brand new Brad Pitt-led Components One motion drama.
“I all the time love the enjoyable and adrenaline of a racing movie,” Cruise wrote. “Immediately marks two racing milestones for my buddy Jerry Bruckheimer, the discharge of ‘F1’ and the 35 yr anniversary to the day of our collaboration with the good Tony Scott on ‘Days of Thunder.’”
Cruise posted a collection of photographs from the manufacturing of “Days of Thunder,” all on the race monitor.
“Unimaginable to look again on this movie right now, and congratulations to Jerry, Brad, Joe and the entire F1 staff 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: Unattainable”-style thriller.
“Properly, I’m not gonna grasp 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 for the reason that 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 often beat him on the go-cart monitor.
“F1” director Joseph Kosinski, who additionally led “Prime Gun: Maverick” in 2022, stated there’s a chance “Days of Thunder” might be woven right into a future “F1” sequel.
“Properly, proper now, [the sequel would] be Cole Trickle, who was [Cruise’s] ‘Days of Thunder’ character,” Kosinski advised GQ (through Movieweb). “We discover out that he and [Brad Pitt’s] Sonny Hayes have a previous. They had been rivals in some unspecified time in the future, possibly 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 monitor?”
Pitt and Cruise virtually 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 had been in talks to star in that film, which might take six extra years to really make it to the display screen. Even earlier than that, the venture had been by 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 finally was scrapped, too. It as an alternative turned “Ford v. Ferrari,” starred Christian Bale and Matt Damon, netted 4 Oscar nominations (together with Finest Image), and raked in over $225 million on the field workplace.
