Formula 1 legend Lewis Hamilton was one of the producers of this years' blockbusters, F1: The Movie. It starred Brad Pitt as the protagonist, with Damson Idris in the supporting role. A recent video clip revealed Hamilton opening up about an intense scene with Idris in the F1 movie.
The F1 movie was released a few months ago, and it made over $620 million at the box office, making it the highest-grossing Apple Studio movie, as well as the highest-grossing film of Brad Pritt's career.
Warner Bros. Entertainment's official YouTube channel posted the behind the scenes of the F1 movie on 13 September, which consisted of a section of Lewis Hamilton opening up about the scenes as they took place during the F1 race weekends. One particular scene was with Damson Idris, and the seven-time F1 champion posted the BTS on the intensity of it.
As the climax of the F1 movie approached, Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris) and Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt) had to win the final race to keep the Apex GP team's future alive. During a red flag scene during the climax, as Pearce was in battle with Hamilton for the victory, the two had an intense stare-down scene in the pit lane. Responding to the same during the BTS video uploaded by Warner Bros. Entertainment, Lewis Hamilton said:
“We’re filming a scene. It’s a red flag, I get out of the car and take my helmet off and I’m staring at Damson, we’re having a bit of a stare out.”
Hamilton was engaged in the productions of the movie in a bid to make the movie as realistic as possible. Many other F1 racers, along with the seven-time F1 Champion, had a cameo in the movie, with some scenes shot during the Grand Prix weekends.
Lewis Hamilton on the chance to work with Top Gun Maverick director for the F1 Movie
The F1 movie was directed by the Top Gun Maverick director Joseph Kosinski. Lewis Hamilton was given the opportunity to play the role of Top Gun Maverick, but he was busy racing in the championship. Although, the Ferrari racer got the chance to work with Kosinski, and speaking about the experience during the F1 Movie premiere, he said,
“It's been an incredible-incredible experience from the moment that I spoke to Joe (Joseph Kosinski) about being a Maverick and then having to turn down that experience [of] being in that movie to then getting to work on this script with him and get to work on this movie.”
The Ferrari racer also explained how much Brad Pitt's character (Sonny Hayes) and Damson Idris's character (Joshua Pearce) were based on him.