Brad Pitt isn’t willing to risk death to share the big screen with Tom Cruise.
At the “F1” premiere in Mexico City, Pitt, 61, revealed he has one major condition about doing another movie with Cruise, 62, over 30 years after they co-starred in “Interview With the Vampire.”
Brad Pitt at the “F1” red carpet premiere in Mexico City. Getty Images
Tom Cruise at the “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning” premiere in New York in May. WireImage“Well, I’m not gonna hang my ass off airplanes and s–t like that, so when he does something again that’s on the ground,” Pitt told E! News last week.
Cruise, who famously does his own stunts in films including the “Mission: Impossible” franchise, has been imploring fans to go see Pitt’s new sports drama in which he plays a former Formula 1 driver.
Cruise hanging off a plane in “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning.” AP“He’s so sweet. He’s sweet,” Pitt said to E! News about the “Top Gun” star.
“We did have our go-kart days back in the early 90s,” Pitt added. When asked who was the faster driver, Pitt said of Cruise, “He got me in the end. I gotta admit.”
Pitt with his girlfriend, Ines de Ramon, in New York in 2024. GC Images“Interview With the Vampire,” released in 1994, is still the only film that Pitt and Cruise have collaborated on in their careers.
In April, Cruise spoke about Pitt and “F1” during a presentation at CinemaCon 2025 in Las Vegas.
Cruise and Pitt in “Interview With the Vampire.” Sygma via Getty Images
Kirsten Dunst, Pitt and Cruise in “Interview With the Vampire.” Getty Images“Brad’s got a new movie, with Jerry Bruckheimer, Joe Kosinski,” Cruise said on stage. “I can’t wait to see that this summer. It’ll be awesome.
“It’s great to see Brad driving,” Cruise added. “He’s very good. He’s a very good driver. Believe me, I’ve raced against him. When we were doing ‘Interview With the Vampire’ we’d go and race go-karts. We’d literally finish and go drive go-karts all night.”
Pitt in “F1.” AP
Cruise in “Mission: Impossible 8.” APBruckheimer, 81, and Kosinski, 51, have worked with Pitt on “F1” and Cruise on 2022’s smash “Top Gun: Maverick.”
In a recent interview with GQ magazine, Kosinski spoke about the differences in working with Pitt and Cruise.
Cruise at the “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” Mexico City premiere in May. Carlos Tischler / SplashNews.com“Tom always pushes it to the limit, but at the same time is super capable and very skilled,” Kosinski said. “They both have the natural talent for driving. But yeah, I could see Tom maybe scaring us a little bit more.”
“F1” action-vehicle supervisor Graham Kelly added: “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.’ ”
Pitt at the British Grand Prix 2023. PA Images via Getty Images
Damson Idris and Pitt in “F1.” APIn that same interview, Kosinski revealed that Pitt and Cruise were supposed to reunite for his version of “Ford v Ferrari,” but the studio didn’t approve his budget. James Mangold ended up directing the 2019 sports drama starring Christian Bale and Matt Damon.
“F1,” also starring Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies and Javier Bardem, will be released in theaters June 27.
