India, June 26 -- Director Joseph Kosinski has a big idea. He wants Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise to race each other on screen. In an interview with GQ Magazine UK, Kosinski said his dream is to make a sequel to his new racing movie, F1, with a twist. He wants it to be a crossover with Tom Cruise's cult classic film, Days of Thunder.

On his possible pitch for the would-be box-office hit, Kosinski said, "Well, right now, it'd be Cole Trickle, who was [Cruise's] 'Days of Thunder' character. We find out that he and [Brad Pitt's] Sonny Hayes have a past," as per the GQ report.

"They were rivals at some point, maybe crossed paths," Kosinski went on before mentioning a now-viral story he heard about Brad and Tom. "I heard about this epic go-kart b...