Mac Engel: A $300 Million Gamble: Can Brad Pitt Do for F1 What Tom Cruise Did for NASCAR?
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Can Brad Pitt do for F1 what Tom Cruise did for NASCAR?
By Mac Engel Fort Worth Star-Telegram The lasting impression of the new movie F1 isn’t of the spectacular racing sequences on an IMAX screen but that of Brad Pitt. No one should look like that at any age, much less 61. It’s not inspiring. It’s not motivational. It’s just depressing. The hairline is intact, as are the abs and muscle tone. While I crushed pretzel bites in front of an 8,745-foot screen watching Pitt pretend to race cool cars all ov…
The director of "Top Gun: Maverick" uses the same magic to transport the spectator behind the wheel of one of the fastest single seats in the world. In theaters this Wednesday, June 25, "F1, the film" has even paid the luxury of shooting in the middle of real Grand Prix for an immersion as bluffing as it is total. Filmmaker Joseph Kosinski, legendary producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Damson Idris, Brad Pitt's team-mate, reveal the secrets of what a…


Mac Engel: A $300 million gamble: Can Brad Pitt do for F1 what Tom Cruise did for NASCAR?
The lasting impression of the new movie F1 isn’t of the spectacular racing sequences on an IMAX screen but that of Brad Pitt. No one should look like that at any age, much less 61.
Lately there has been much talk about reuniting Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise in a film as co-stars. This conversation has originated mainly from the fact that Cruise starred Top Gun: Maverick and Pitt do it in F1, two action superproductions that have been directed by Joseph Kosinski. With the stars lining up, when can we expect the Cruise-Pitt connection to take shape again? That’s precisely what GQ asked Kosinski in a recent interview, and the dir…
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