“That’s Something You Just Can’t Fake”: Thanks To Lewis Hamilton, Brad Pitt & F1’s Cast Filmed The 180+ Mph Driving Scenes For Real
The director of F1 has revealed how a real-life racing legend helped shape the movie's realistic racing sequences. The big-budget Brad Pitt movie features the star playing retired Formula 1 driver Sonny Hayes, who gets another chance behind the wheel as a mentor to newcomer Joshua "Noah" Pearce (Damson Idris). The movie's star-studded ensemble cast also includes Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies, Kim Bodnia, Javier Bardem, and Shea Whigham.
ScreenRant was in attendance at a virtual Q&a with director Joseph Kosinski promoting the new trailer for F1. During the conversation, he revealed that real-life Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton, who appears in the movie in addition to being a producer, was instrumental in crafting the realism of the scenes. Hamilton took Pitt, Idris, and Kosinski behind the wheel at the beginning of what turned out to be "literally months of training."
This training period was massively important, because the actors were...
ScreenRant was in attendance at a virtual Q&a with director Joseph Kosinski promoting the new trailer for F1. During the conversation, he revealed that real-life Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton, who appears in the movie in addition to being a producer, was instrumental in crafting the realism of the scenes. Hamilton took Pitt, Idris, and Kosinski behind the wheel at the beginning of what turned out to be "literally months of training."
This training period was massively important, because the actors were...
- 3/13/2025
- by Brennan Klein
- ScreenRant
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