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McLaren boss offers Brad Pitt second chance to hit 200 mph
Brad Pitt’s F1 movie is topping the box office charts worldwide but the Hollywood A-lister is not done with Formula One, or racing.
Like his fictional big screen character Sonny Hayes, Pitt has been offered a second chance to don race overalls and lap at 322kmh.
McLaren F1 chief executive Zak Brown told Reuters on July 2 that Pitt had a standing offer to “come out and play” – and expected the 61-year-old not only to take him up on it but also take his passion for racing further.
Pitt drove a Formula One car for the first time with McLaren at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas in June, after driving F2 cars disguised as F1 cars for the movie, and has been raving about the experience ever since.
He did have one regret, however.
“Ask me how fast I went. Three mph short of 200mph (322kmh),” Pitt said, at the New York premiere. “I want to go back. I want to hit 200.”
Brown indicated that it could be arranged.
WATCH: Go behind the scenes as Brad Pitt drives Lando Norris’ F1 car in Austin
Between appearing on the red carpet for the film’s premiere and speaking to the world’s media on a promotional tour, Pitt headed to Austin’s Circuit of The Americas to meet up with McLaren racer Lando Norris.
There, Norris offered Pitt a few tips and tricks before the Hollywood star was let loose at the United States Grand Prix venue in the 2023-specification MCL60 – an experience that left him shaking with excitement.
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TOKYO
Japan often gets Hollywood movies later than the rest of the world, but “F1,” starring Brad Pitt, is fittingly, arriving in Japanese theaters as quickly as possible, premiering here on Friday, the same day as it does in the U.S.To promote the movie’s opening, the producers have released a promotional video in which Kenyu Horiuchi and Shintaro Morimoto, who serve as the dub actors for Pitt and co-star Damson Idris, ask Pitt, Idris, and director Joseph Kosinski some questions on behalf of Japanese fans.
The first question involves special training the on-screen cast undertook for their roles, and the next ones deal with special efforts made during filming and the cast’s most memorable scenes. The three interviewees also express regret that while “F1” includes footage shot by a separate crew at Japan’s Suzuka Circuit, none of them were able to travel to the country themselves for filming.
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