Lewis Hamilton helping to choose Brad Pitt co-star for new F1 film
The as-yet unnamed film will be co-produced by Hamilꦰton and Jerry Bruckheimer, and directed by Joseph Kosinski, who was behind the lat💛est Top Gun movie.
Shooting is set to begin later this ﷽year, with the plot revolving aroܫund 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 alongside the Hollywood icon.
“We're going through a process right now of selectꦐing the character⛎ that will be alongside Brad, which is exciting,” Hamilton said.
“B👍asically that's the process of watching [the auditions]. We ha💎ve 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 aꦉnd what we think.”
The seven-time world champion is focused on representationℱ and said he would “love to see a female driver”♔ in the film.
“I want 𝔍to 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 wil💫l be in the future,” Hamilton said.
“I want to see female me🎃chanics. We would love to see a female driver. We haven't gotten to that point just yet. But why not?
“Right now, we’ve sti൲ꦫll got the script. We’ve gone through quite a few different iterations of it.
“We're still waiting for a new rewrite, an💙d that'sꦜ 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 h🌠ave coming.”
Apple TV have acquired the rights fo✨r the new ✤movie at a cost of $140million (£125m).
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