Lewis Hamilton helping to choose Brad Pitt co-star for new F1 film
The as-yetꦍ unnamed film will be co-produced by Hamilton and Jerry Bruckheimer, and directed by Joseph Kosinski, who was behind the latest Top Gun movie.
S꧋hooting is set to begin later this year, with the plot revolving around a veteran driver played by Pitt who mentors a rising F1 star.
At the launch of Mercedes’ 2023 F1 car, Hamilton revealed he is currently helping to choose who would co-star aloﷺngside the Hollywood icon.
“We're going through a process right now of selecting the character that will be alongside Brad, which is exciting,” Hamilton saﷺid.
“Basically that's the proc꧅ess of watching [the auditions]. We have recordings of them doin𒉰g certain scenes and we got through it.
“I've have sat in the offiꦬce with Jerry and Joe and Brad, and we've been watching them and kind of given our inputs and what we think.”
The seven-time world champion is focu🧸sed on representation and s🥂aid he would “love to see a female driver” in the film.
“I want to make the movie, in ter⛦ms 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,” Hamilton said.
“I want to see𓃲 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’v☂e gone through quite a few diꦇfferent 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 ൲about the characters that we have coming.”
Apple TV have acquired the rights for the new movie at a cost꧙ of $140million (£125m).
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