On a different racetrack of events, Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise were initially attached to Ford v Ferrari, with the F1 star revealing what ultimately led the latter to back out of the project. Speaking to the United Arab Emirates-based publication The National News,

B rad Pitt’s F1 is off and running with a remarkable box office launch that, like F1 racing itself, doesn’t look like it will be slowing down anytime soon. One of the movie’s co-stars, Sarah Niles, says she was sure the movie would be a hit at the premiere, all thanks to Tom Cruise.

Years after Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise were initially pegged to co-star in another film, Pitt shares why Cruise lost interest in the project.