Brad Pitt Gets Behind the Wheel in “F1” Teaser Released During Super Bowl
Brad Pitt is suited up and strapped in for the first look at F1, unleashed during the Philadelphia Eagles domination of the reigning champs, the Kansas City Chiefs, during Sunday night’s Super Bowl.
F1 stars Pitt as Sonny Hayes, a former driver who returns to Formula 1 alongside Damson Idris as Joshua Pearce, his teammate at APXGP, a fictional team on the circuit. The feature, from Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski, was shot during actual Grand Prix weekends, as Sonny and Joshua’s team competes against the titans of the sport. Kosinski worked from a script by Ethan Kruger, his collaborator on Maverick.
Idris was candid in a conversation with Vanity Fair last year about what it was like for him to film F1. “I look to my left, it’s Brad Pitt. I look to my right, it’s Javier Bardem. I look at my hands, they’re shaking. And we shoot all of this epic stuff, and all the amazing drivers are there, from Lewis [Hamilton] to [Max] Verstappen to everyone.”
The experience was incredible but also exhausting, Idris told VF, shooting inside of race cars in Abu Dhabi. “I was in the car for 45 minutes today. It sounds normal, but it’s not. It’s very hot out here. You’re strapped in, sweating through the helmet. You lose so much weight.”
Idris also told VF that Pitt is a legitimate racecar driver. “Talk about a superstar. His humility is second to none. I don’t know if people know this, but he is really good behind that car. Really good. Too good, almost. He makes me nervous how good he is.”
Idris was equally enthused about working with Kosinski. “He is a director’s director. He is the epitome of cinema in my opinion. The feeling I felt when I walked out of Top Gun was how I felt when I was a kid and I watched E.T. or Star Wars. Those movies are just defined by one thing: entertainment. Everyone, no matter what your background, could come and watch this film.… His process is amazing.”
Joining Pitt and Idris are Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies, Kim Bodnia, Sarah Niles, Joseph Balderrama, Rachel Waters, and Javier Bardem.
F1 races into theaters on June 27. Check out the teaser below.
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Featured image: Brad Pitt is Sonny Hates in “F1.” Courtesy Warner Bros.
