Brad Pitt Hits The British Grand Prix Racetrack

Brad Pitt joined Formulation One’s drivers on the British Grand Prix Formulation One racing occasion on Sunday, however this wasn’t only a case of a celeb having fun with the perks of fame. The 59-year-old actor was on the Silverstone circuit in Northamptonshire, England, not simply to look at Max Verstappen cruise to victory, however for his function in an upcoming Jerry Bruckheimer movie a few retired racer (Pitt) who returns to the monitor to tempo an up-and-coming hotshot driver.

If that plot seems like High Gun: Maverick, you’re not incorrect: the film’s director is Joseph Kosinski, who additionally helmed that blockbuster. There’s been a little bit of confusion in regards to the title of the Pitt mission, which was briefly reported as Apex in a redacted tweet from ESPN F1. However no matter it’s known as, it’s already drawing comparisons to the Tom Cruise franchise, with Collider calling it “‘High Gun’ on a racetrack.” (Let’s transfer shortly previous the remark that that was additionally the gross sales pitch for 1990’s despised-by-NASCAR Cruise-starrer Days of Thunder, the movie that introduced Cruise and eventual spouse Nicole Kidman collectively.)

Pitt posed with followers on the racetrack, Deadline studies, and joined within the drivers’ official pre-race assembly. In keeping with F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton, who came in third today, the assembly was “most likely the perfect drivers’ briefing we’ve ever had.”

In the present day wasn’t Pitt’s first day on the Silvertone monitor. Photographs of the manufacturing have leaked since Wednesday, Sky Sports activities famous, together with photos of the automobile Pitt’s fictional driver, reportedly named “Sonny Hayes,” will pilot. The Each day Mail shared photographs of Pitt taken Saturday on the monitor, wherein Pitt and co-star Damson Idris donned logo-laden white firesuits for his or her fictional crew.

Collider additionally reported that the duo additionally took to the monitor this weekend, hitting speeds of over 150 mph. Speaking with Sky Sports, Pitt stated he “wasn’t nervous once I was out on the monitor at the moment,” although “as a civilian, I had no concept what it takes to be a driver. The aggression and dexterity, I’ve a lot respect for it.”