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Hamilton praised for guaranteeing Brad Pitt’s F1 movie is “legit”
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Hamilton praised for guaranteeing Brad Pitt’s F1 movie is “legit”

By Miles Cooper December 8, 2024
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Formulation 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has been essential in guaranteeing the ‘F1’ movie is as practical as potential, in response to producer Jerry Bruckheimer.

‘F1’ will probably be launched in the summertime of 2025 depicting former driver Sonny Hayes, Brad Pitt’s character, popping out of retirement to mentor rookie Joshua Pearce, performed by Damson Idris. 

Hamilton has performed a key position within the movie’s manufacturing by involving himself within the scriptwriting course of and offering technical consultancy to make sure the racing scenes are correct. 

“Lewis retains us trustworthy,” stated Bruckheimer. “He appears to be like at each race and he’d say, ‘you would not be in second gear on this second. You would be in first’.

“He is available in and he can hear the engine and the shifting and all the things like that. So he appears to be like at each race scene, and he additionally stated, ‘so as to get certainly one of these vehicles, you actually should be in form’.

“So we had Brad coaching. We do a whole lot of stuff like that, due to his information.”

Hamilton praised for guaranteeing Brad Pitt’s F1 movie is “legit”

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-AMG F1 Crew

Photograph by: Sam Bloxham / Motorsport Photos

This has been performed to keep up the legitimacy of the movie, which is because of be launched internationally on 25 June 2025 and two days later in the US.

Apple Senior Vice President of Companies Eddy Cue, stated: “One of many issues that I like that we’re doing as a part of this, is we wished the racing to be actual.

“Lewis has helped tremendously. He was listening – even the sound of going round a curve within the automobile, and he is like, ‘that sound is not proper on that monitor. That is not what it feels like’.

“You need that. It is at all times in regards to the story however we wished the racing scenes to essentially be legit and be the true factor. I feel it has been captured, Lewis has been nice about that.”

A part of that course of has additionally included chatting with different F1 drivers so their journeys are mirrored via the characters. 

“A number of the issues which might be embedded in our characters come from the drivers,” Bruckheimer stated.

“We interviewed a whole lot of them, and so they had been very open about their experiences, what they went via attending to F1.

“We took little issues {that a} driver did about his superstitions, after which Brad has that in his character.”

Footage of filming on grand prix weekends has been leaked on-line, but that’s of no fear to the manufacturing group who imagine it’s really serving to to construct pleasure for the discharge.

“Up to now, we’re okay,” stated Cue. “Nobody’s positive what’s coming across the nook. In the event you go on the set of a film and also you get a clip of it, you’ll don’t know what the hell’s occurring, proper?

“As a result of it is not prefer it’s shot in sequence. I noticed this factor on YouTube of Brad fainting however you haven’t any concept of the context. So I really suppose all of it helps.”

Requested whether or not the footage of Pitt collapsing stayed inside the realms of actuality, Cue referenced Romain Grosjean’s crash on the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix the place his Haas automobile burst into flames after hitting the barrier at 67G.

“I noticed a man stroll out of a hearth,” stated Cue. “So I feel passing out is fairly actual!” 

These ideas had been echoed by Bruckheimer, who stated: “A number of the incidents within the film are taken from precise occasions, tales.

“Every part that Brad does on the monitor – the tips that he does – drivers have performed via the a long time in varied races, as a result of he does not have the quickest automobile and he is not the quickest driver, so he has to make use of intelligent ways to remain up with these others.”

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