Brad Pitt really lead an F1 in the film?
The 61 -year -old actor has shown an athletic form that even impressed Lewis Hamilton …
As Tom Cruise which clings to a plane in full flight, Brad Pitt also gave his person to F1, the film.
In the tub, the actor really managed as much as possible, to give substance to the project of Joseph Kosinski (Top Gun: Maverick) et Lewis Hamilton.
That being said, if it’s good Brad Pitt driving in F1the filmit is not a real formula 1 that it leads: it was a specially modified racing car from a frame of formula 2 or formula 3. This technical compromise does not detract from the credibility of the project and the performance of the 61 -year -old actor.
During the New York preview, Brad Pitt entrusted to Variety that he had passed Almost two years training while drivingalongside his partner on the screen Damson Idris :
“I was told that we had traveled 6 000 miles (10,000 km) in total in these cars. I am rather proud of it. “
Before filming, the two actors introduced themselves to driving on a circuit while driving F2 and F3, in particular On the track of Castellet in France (Paul Ricard circuit). Then, the film – which follows a former pilot (pitt) becoming the mentor of a young prodigy (Idris) – was shot On legendary circuitsamong which Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium), Monza (Italy) or The strip of Las Vegas.
To guarantee the authenticity of the project, Lewis HamiltonSeptuple F1 world champion, was associated very early with the development of the film as a producer. Kosinski then praised them “talents nature” of Brad Pitt At the wheel, explaining that the film could simply not have been able to be made if the actor had not had these capacities.
Et Lewis Hamilton himself said to himself “impressed by athletic qualities“From the Hollywood star.
As Tom Cruisehe knows that it is always necessary to do more to attract people in dark rooms.
In an interview with India Today, Joseph Kosinski reveals that the physical condition of Brad Pitt is impeccably maintained:
“He obviously takes care of him”said the filmmaker, adding that “Exceptional physical form “ of Brad Pitt had been a major asset:
“Driving an F1 car is extremely demanding on the physical level. You have to be an athlete to do it.”
Some scenes have also been shot 8 to 10 hours per day In the car, an experience “very trying“.
The rendering is to be discovered in the cinema since June 25 in France, in F1, the film.
