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,

Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise spent years trying to make their version of "Ford v Ferrari" with "F1" director Joseph Kosinski.

Brad Pitt has recalled how he and Tom Cruise were lined up to star in the racing movie Ford v Ferrari before the Mission: Impossible icon learnt that he wouldn't be driving in the film.