Brad Pitt and Javier Bardem give maximum speed!
The two actors were spotted on the set of their untitled Formula 1 (F1) racing film in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. The couple was photographed filming in and around Pappas Drive-In & Family Restaurant on Friday.
Pitt, 60, dressed casually for the scene, wearing a button-down denim top with a matching pair of jeans and a light green puffer vest. His hair was neatly swept to the side and he accessorised the look with a brown belt and gold watch as he was photographed sitting in the restaurant and heading out the door.
Meanwhile, Bardem, 54, was spotted looking dapper in a dark orange jacket with matching trousers and a black shirt underneath. His leather formal shoes, black leather watch and black leather belt seemed to make his ensemble look even more opulent.
Brad Pitt gets into the cockpit and drives at the British Grand Prix for the upcoming Formula 1 film
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Javier Bardem on set.
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The two actors worked on the film for months. Back in July 2022, Pitt — who plays a veteran F1 driver who comes out of retirement to mentor and team with a rising star — was photographed in a racing suit walking the Grand Prix grid with actual F1 drivers.
“Welcome to the grid, APXGP 👀#F1,” wrote Formula 1’s official Instagram account alongside a series of snaps of the fictional team on the grid. The video shows Pitt and Damson Idris (32) standing next to F1 world champion Max Verstappen and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz.
Pitt told Sky Sports about the film: “I would be a guy who raced in the 90s. He gets in a terrible crash and kind of shits up and disappears, and then he races in other disciplines.”
Brad Pitt drives a racing car at the British Grand Prix for new Formula 1 film: ‘Every Man’s Dream’
“Then his friend, played by Javier Bardem, owns the team,” he continued. “They’re the bottom team, they’re 21, 22 at the net, they’ve never won a point and they’ve got a young phenom played by Damson Idris and he brings me in as a sort of Hail Mary and the jokes provide. I’ll tell you what’s amazing about it, you’ll see cameras popping up all over the car, footage you’ve never seen speeding up, you’ve never seen G-forces like this, it’s really, really exciting.”
The Big Short the star also revealed in the interview that he had never driven a race car on a track before. However, he has “spent the last 20 years on trail bikes, so that helped a lot. He added that it was “really humbling” to have some of the drivers showing him the way on the track.
“I don’t know if you can call mine a hot lap, I call it a hot lap,” he said of his driving skills. “I took a few times unintentionally through the grass, it was so tall.”
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“It will be very good,” he added about the film he directed Top Gun: Maverick‘s Joseph Kosinski. “I’ll be here until they kick me out because I love it. I think that’s every man’s dream.”
Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton is one of the producers of the untitled Apple Studios film. The film is also being made in collaboration with F1, which has given them special access to the race tracks and professional drivers.
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