What if the upcoming “F1” film starred Tom Cruise within the lead function as a substitute of Brad Pitt? It’s a query lately posed by GQ journal to director Joseph Kosinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer, who began growing the Pitt-starring racing film whereas they had been in post-production on Cruise’s $1.4 billion-grossing blockbuster “High Gun: Maverick.”

“Tom all the time pushes it to the restrict, however on the similar time is tremendous succesful and really expert,” Kosinski answered. “They each have the pure expertise for driving. However yeah, I may see Tom perhaps scaring us slightly bit extra.”

Kosinski recruited a number of crew members to make the bounce with him and Bruckheimer from “High Gun: Maverick” to “F1,” a lot of whom had been nicely accustomed to working with Cruise on varied “Mission: Not possible” motion pictures. Graham Kelly, an action-vehicle supervisor, agreed with Kosinski’s casting evaluation.

“We’d have had a crash,” Kelly quipped about Cruise starring in “F1” over Pitt. “Tom pushes it to the restrict. I imply actually to the restrict. That terrifies me. I imply, I’ve achieved a great deal of ‘Mission: Impossibles’ with Tom and it’s probably the most irritating expertise for somebody like me constructing automobiles for him, doing stunts with him. Whereas Brad listens and he is aware of his skills, and I feel he’d be the primary to say, ‘Yeah, I’m not going to do this.’”

“F1” marks one thing of a full circle second for Kosinski. Earlier than “High Gun: Maverick,” the director was truly growing his personal model of “Ford v Ferrari” with Cruise and Pitt connected to star. Each actors wished to do their very own driving within the film, however the funds Kosinski proposed to the studio was too excessive for the challenge to maneuver ahead. James Mangold ended up directing “Ford v Ferrari” with Christian Bale and Matt Damon.

Cruise is at the moment in theaters with “Mission: Not possible – The Ultimate Reckoning,” which debuted o $200 million globally to set a brand new field workplace opening file for the actor’s 29-year-old franchise. Pitt’s “F1” is about to open in theaters June 27.