You would possibly’ve seen that, primarily based on the newest trailer for the upcoming blockbuster “F1”, Esteban Ocon has a minimum of one pivotal scene, colliding with Brad Pitt’s character at Abu Dhabi. However earlier than that film arrives this summer season, the French driver has quietly made his huge display debut in a barely smaller undertaking: with a cameo function in Netflix romcom “Lune de Miel avec ma Mère” (“Honeymoon Crasher” for many who failed French 101), which arrived on the streamer this previous week. For these conserving tabs, which means Ocon now has as many IMDB filmography credit as Method 1 podiums.
The film revolves round Lucas, a younger man left on the altar by his then-fiancée, Élodie, for a suspiciously Esteban-Ocon-like man named Damien, performed by Ocon.
Very like in “F1,” Ocon’s function is the foundation of the onscreen chaos. To not spoil the plot, however it’s Damien who breaks up the couple by calling Élodie throughout her wedding ceremony reception. She runs outdoors and jumps into Ocon’s Alpine A110 automobile — some strong product placement.
Later, Élodie Facetimes her ex from Damien’s work — the place it seems Ocon’s Damien is (get this) an F1 driver for Alpine. Lucas had been beneath the impression Damien was a automobile mechanic. (Ocon’s bought some comedic timing: when Élodie tells his character that it’s Lucas on the cellphone, he responds in French, “Ouch, that sucks, poor man.”)
Esteban Ocon as Damien, a French F1 driver for Alpine
Eagle-eyed F1 followers will observe that though a display on the storage says they’re at Monaco, the grandstands determine the monitor because the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Later Élodie reveals that they’re going to the Miami Grand Prix the next weekend, so on this legendary universe there’s been a little bit of calendar reshuffling.
Ocon’s Damien disappears for the remainder of the movie, aside from exhibiting up in some selfies with Élodie that make Lucas jealous.
Ocon’s presence on this film was a sudden shock: Netflix France posted an Instagram story on 13 February, which the motive force shared and mentioned (in French): “So, it appears that evidently you noticed me in a sure trailer a number of days in the past. So sure, it was me, I performed in a brand new movie on Netflix, it is referred to as ‘Lune de Miel avec ma Mère’ and it is already out there.”
Ocon’s cinematic debut comes forward of his season debut with new staff Haas, alongside Oliver Bearman. Why Ocon’s stayed pretty mum in regards to the film is anybody’s guess, although it’s probably that his presence as an Alpine driver doesn’t solely line up along with his new staff’s PR plan.
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