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Brad Pitt's sports feature F1 The Movie is now in theaters. In the film, Pitt essays the role of an ex-Formula One racer named Sonny Hayes. The character is derived from a real-life racing driver named Martin Donnelly.
The film is helmed by Joseph Kosinski, who has directed films including Tron Legacy (2010), Oblivion (2013), and Top Gun: Maverick (2022), and the director has now come up with a sports drama that explores the world of Formula One racing. The plot follows Sonny, a retired driver, as he returns to the sport to train an emerging driver.
In a recent interview with Formula 1, Brad Pitt was asked if any real-life driver had inspired his character in the film. The actor mentioned the Spanish F1 driver Fernando Alonso. He said:
"We looked a lot at and I mean this respectfully like Fernando, you know, we're a last place team and we needed to play with the rules."
Read on to know what else Brad Pitt said while speaking about his film, F1 The Movie.
"We came at this with such a love for the sport," mentions Brad Pitt while talking about F1 The Movie
In an interview with Formula 1, when Brad Pitt was asked if his character in F1 The Movie was based on any particular incident from real life, the actor said:
"No, I mean we came at this with such a love for the sport, a love for the drivers, the history of the sport, you know. We drew from a lot of, I mean, you can probably pinpoint if you, you know, looking back through this happened in '94 and this happened in '08 and this, and we were drawing from all of it."
He added:
"We need to get right to the edge of the rules to be competitive in any way. That's where Sonny starts out and is rather disliked because of it."
As per MotorSport, Brad Pitt referred to the 2008 Renault Formula One crash controversy as a reference. Race driver Nelson Piquet reportedly helped teammate Fernando Alonso to win by intentionally crashing his Renault car. Legal action was initiated against the company, as it was revealed to be a pre-mediated plan to benefit Alonso.
Brad Pitt might have also referred to Martin Donnelly, whose journey has been referenced in the characterization of Pitt's Sonny Hayes in F1 The Movie. According to History.com, Donnelly, a British F1 driver in the '80s-'90s, suffered critical injuries in a crash during a practice session at the 1990 Spanish Grand Prix.
The interviewer then asked Brad Pitt about the intricate details he incorporated in his characterisation of Sonny in the film. He asked Pitt:
"Do you know Alex Albon said something to me? He said, "Even the way he puts his earplugs in, that's how we do it. It's like you'd really studied the drivers"
Upon which, Brad Pitt responded by saying:
"I guess some things you absorb from watching it a lot cause it was never a conscious thought."
Along with Pitt, the cast of F1 The Movie includes Damson Idris, Javier Bardem, Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies and many others.
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