Some mentions of Brad in Lewis Hamilton’s latest Vanity Fair interview.
As a racer, you’ve been both a rookie and a veteran. How did you use your experience to help Brad and Damson better portray these characters?
We did a huge session in London where they were just firing lots of questions at me, about my upbringing, how it was in karting, and the pressure from parents. Ehren was able to utilize that in writing and working on Damson [Idris]’s character. For Brad [Pitt], we spent a lot of time together, and he would ask, “How’s this?” We drove around the track together. He already had talent; he knew how to take corners already, which was quite impressive. Whereas Damson was really starting as a rookie. Damson didn’t watch racing, so it was a real culture shock for him, whereas Brad watches racing, so he had an idea already. They bring those two characters to life so well.
