Lewis Hamilton Gives Update On F1 Film Starring Brad Pitt
During the launch of Mercedes' 2023 F1 W14 car, Lewis Hamilton disclosed that he is in the process of selecting a co-star for the F1 film he will help produce, along with co-producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Joseph Kosinski, who helmed the most recent Top Gun movie.
The plot of the yet-to-be-named film centres around a seasoned driver played by Brad Pitt, who mentors a young F1 star. Hamilton has not yet disclosed who will co-star alongside the Hollywood actor in the movie. Shooting for the film is scheduled to commence later this year.
The seven-time champion explained:
“We're going through a process right now of selecting the character that will be alongside Brad, which is exciting.
“Basically that's the process of watching [the auditions]. We have recordings of them doing certain scenes and we got through it.
“I've have sat in the office with Jerry and Joe and Brad, and we've been watching them and kind of given our inputs and what we think.”
The British driver is keen on including a female driver in the film as part of his push for increased inclusivity and diversity within the sport. He continued:
“I want to make the movie, in terms of like having diversity and representation, I want it to be as Formula 1 should be in the future - or should be now, but will be in the future.
“I want to see female mechanics. We would love to see a female driver. We haven't gotten to that point just yet. But why not?
“Right now, we’ve still got the script. We’ve gone through quite a few different iterations of it.
“We're still waiting for a new rewrite, and that's the whole process. But I was doing that throughout Christmas.
“It's exciting. I'm excited to get the next end of the script. I was talking to Brad last night about the characters that we have coming.”