Brad Pitt reveals he craved the approval of motorsport fans while filming ‘F1’
Hollywood iconBrad Pitt, who will be seen playing a Formula One in the new racing film, shared that he relished the experience of shooting F1
- LOS ANGELES — Hollywood iconBrad Pitt, who will be seen playing a Formula One
in the new racing film, shared that he relished the experience of shooting F1.
The actor added that having the support of the sports fans
"everything" to him.
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- He told 'Extra': "If we didn’t pass their bar, than
we were dead, you know? And to get that kind of, I don't know, response means a
lot to us, because we have, again, so much respect for these drivers, for this
sport, for everyone, the teams, everything they put into it.”
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- “They made the movie too. They're a big part of the
film."
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- Pitt was always confident that the Joseph
Kosinski-directed movie would win over the sceptics, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
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- He said: "I felt pretty confident in what we have.
You know, I feel like we successfully thread this needle that's for longtime
fans that really understand the sport as well as newcomers, and they understood
that was our goal, and, I don't know, I think they had fun too. I think it's
just fun. It's really good fun."
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- Pitt shot some scenes at the Silverstone racing circuit
in the UK. The star said he felt anxious when he walked on the track at the
British Grand Prix.
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- He said: "We had been, like, rehearsing there for a
few weeks, so it kind of felt like it was home. But then when the whole race
movement comes in it's such a juggernaut of a machine.It is really
awe-inspiring, and then to get on the track with 100,000 fans, I was a little
bit nervous.
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- "Actually, no, it was a high. Like, sitting waiting
it was, once you get going, it's a high. It's a high."
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- The actor has enjoyed a hugely successful career spanning
over three decades in the movie industry and starring in films such as The Big
Short, Ocean's Eleven, and Troy.
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- However, the actor said that F1 has helped to
reinvigorate him.
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