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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Brad Pitt reveals his favorite Japanese food; many Japanese people say they’ve never eaten it
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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.
Brad Pitt opens up on ‘extraordinary’ experience of shooting ‘F1 The Movie’
Taking some time to discuss the project at the Yas Marina Circuit during filming in Abu Dhabi, Pitt told F1 TV’s Will Buxton where his passion for the sport came from, how the movie came about and what viewers can expect when it hits cinemas.
“I’ve always loved racing,” Pitt begins. “I grew up with Jackie Stewart [racing in F1 as] some of my earliest memories. In the ’90s I really got heavily into MotoGP. Then I started veering into F1, and here we are.”
He continues: “I’ve been trying to get a racing movie done for 20 years. I’ve tried bikes, I’ve tried cars, I’ve tried different disciplines, and for whatever reason they never came to fruition.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Brad Pitt (F1 The Movie, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Fight Club) is an Academy Award-winning actor and producer. Brad joins the Armchair Expert to discuss whether it makes him nervous to talk to Dax in public, holding two realities about people he knows that are famous actors, and leaving school one week shy of completing his degree for Hollywood. Brad and Dax talk about getting shut down trying to get his SAG card, still feeling like the kid from Oklahoma learning his way through this whole thing, and why his favorite humor is the most irreverent kind. Brad explains that there’s no bummer about being in a Tarantino movie, having to work up a case for insurance that it’s actually safer to drive at higher speeds while filming F1 The Movie, and the visceral high of delivering lines at 180 miles per hour.
