Lewis Hamilton helping to choose Brad Pitt co-star for new F1 film
The as-yet unnamed film will be co-produced by Hamilton and Jerryᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ Bruckheimer, and directed by Joseph Kosinski, who was behind 🌳the latest Top Gun movie.
Shooting is set to begin later this year, with the plot revolving around a vetera♚n 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 H🦋ollywood icon.
“We're going through a process🐈 right now of sele꧙cting the character that will be alongside Brad, which is exciting,” Hamilton said.
“Basically that's the process of watching [the auditions]. We have recordin🍌gs 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 giv𝄹en our inputs and what we think.”
The⛎ seven-time worlꦬd champion is focused on representation and said he would “love to see a female driver” in the film.
“I want to ma🥃ke 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,” Hamilton said.
“I want to see female mechanics. We would love to see a female driver. We haven't gotten to that point just yet. Bu🌳🐻t why not?
“ꦓRight 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 Chri𒅌stmas.
“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.”
Apple TV have acquiredꦰ the rights for the new mov🐓ie at a cost of $140million (£125m).
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