Finishing 5th on the Method One podium and still progressing to an extraordinary finish to George Russell’s Abu Dhabi Magnificent Prix.
On the other side of the podium was Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc, who had already been on the podium on Sunday evening and finished third behind Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz from 19th on the grid.
Between Russell and Leclerc in his white and dark race suit was veteran APXGP racer Sonny Hayes.
Hayes is a fictional character played by Brad Pitt in the film “F1”, produced by Warner Bros. and Apple. f1 Hour International for two seasons. APXGP, Pit’s fictional team owned by Javier Bardem, has received a full storage setup in the race and covered its Mercedes-designed cars on the founding grid, so the game is dedicated to creating the most practical racing film ever. Is. ,
On the Sunday after the race in Abu Dhabi, a second podium ceremony was held to capture some footage, all in front of fans who were asked to remain in their seats next to the race in hopes of being included in the film. Was.
Abu Dhabi marked the beginning of on-site filming for “F1”. The project is now in the final stages, with the cut taking place on June 27 in North America and 12 months later on June 25 in the rest of the region.
“We’ll stay here the rest of the week and do pick-me-ups, and then we’ll be in the editing room,” “F1” producer Jerry Bruckheimer said at a Make Selection media roundtable on Sunday. athletic, ,About two-thirds of the film has already been cut. “This will be the last race we do together and we will look at it.”
The immersion in the F1 world gave Bruckheimer and director Joe Kosinski, who worked together on “Top Gun: Maverick,” the best opportunity to make it as similar to a real date as possible. A teaser trailer was released ahead of the British Grand Prix in July, featuring several Wave drivers and crew principals and giving an idea of what the car might look like in photographs taken in the car. Similar to the fighter planes in “Top Gun: Maverick”, the collection of photographs in “F1” attempts to provide the target market with an experience similar to that of a powerful F1 vehicle.
Brad Pitt’s personality talks with Lewis Hamilton at the Abu Dhabi GP. (Professional Pictures/Sipa USA)
Input from the drivers – especially Lewis Hamilton, who is a producer on the film – was a very powerful one, Bruckheimer said.
Bruckheimer explained, “They were very open about their experiences, what they had to endure to get to F1, (even their) superstitions.” “We took little things that a driver does about this superstition, and Brad’s character has that thing.
“Lewis keeps us honest. Lewis looks at every race and says, ‘This turn you won’t be in second gear, you’ll be in first gear.’ He comes over there, and he can hear the engine and the shifting and everything like that.
“One of the big things we’re doing as part of this is we wanted to make racing real,” said Eddie Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of products and services. “Lewis has helped a lot. It’s always about the story because that’s what it is, but we wanted the racing scenes to be really legitimate and the real thing, and I think that’s what we captured. Lewis has been very good at this.”
Pitt and Damson Idris, who played Hayes’ young partner Joshua Pearce, underwent intensive training and testing to drive the APXGP cars worn in the film, which are larger versions of the F2 cars. Pitt and Idris were on site in Abu Dhabi filming the climax of the race or even photobombing one of the group’s year-end photos in the pit lane on Thursday. The frog has taken up the task of filming a breathing figure, inside a habitat.
One result of working exclusively in front of fans, during a Grand Prix weekend, is that clips of filming in the field of play have inevitably made their way online. Scenes such as the celebration of Pitt with the Mexican flag on the podium in Abu Dhabi or in front of the Foro Sol stadium division in Mexico have already occurred. However both Bruckheimer and Cue were relieved that nothing had emerged that could reveal key plot points.
Q noted, “If you’re on a movie set, and you get a clip of it, you won’t know what’s going on.” “It’s not like it was shot out of sequence, right? These little things… I saw on YouTube about Brad fainting in Vegas or something, but you have no idea what the context is or what happened before that. I really think it all helps.
The character of that scene, particularly where Pitt ‘faints’ on the mat for the first time at the Las Vegas climax, was not something Q felt inspired the dramatic portion of the film very far.
“I saw a man come out of the fire in real Formula One,” he said of Romain Grosjean’s 2020 hit in Bahrain. “I think fainting is quite real.” Whether it’s for the hit sequences or even the on-track sequences, the producers said everything in “F1” takes inspiration or reference from moments throughout the sport’s history.
Bruckheimer said, “A lot of the events in the film are taken from real events.” “Everything Brad does on the track, little tricks he does, drivers have done in different races for decades. Because he doesn’t have the fastest car and he’s not the fastest driver. He will have to use smart tactics to keep up with these other drivers.
Brad Pitt welcoming Sonny Hayes, Damson Idris enjoying Joshua Pearce, next to the Abu Dhabi GP. (Sipa USA)
The confidence of filming on-site in Abu Dhabi was far ahead of the next peak year of actors and writers planning to hit Hollywood, making things safe. However Bruckheimer stated that there was no future when the project appeared to be in jeopardy.
He said, “We were very fortunate because we had a whole section of second unit photography, which we hired a second unit director for.” “So when both strikes happened, we didn’t need writers. We didn’t need actors. Joe Kosinski, who is our director, shot the entire second unit during the strike. So when we came back we just had to shoot the actors. We were very fortunate that it worked out that way.”
Q noted that year that this “delayed things a bit”, “there was never any question about it”, even feeling that the extra speed had been really useful. “You could argue that having more time always helps,” Cue said. “For example, we were able to come here twice, and we were able to film more than we expected.”
While Netflix’s “Drive to Survive” documentary helped F1 reach a younger, more mainstream target market upon its debut in 2019, the game hopes “F1” can have the same impact. Bruckheimer’s view was that Paddock’s desire for mass entertainment was lost on such a collaborative effort within two years.
Bruckheimer noted, “The fans have been phenomenal, really.” “They’ve embraced us and been really kind to Brad and the movie, everything they’ve tweeted about the movie. They have realized how much of an impact a movie can have on a game.
“Drivers have not been exposed to some markets. I mean, these guys are rockstars, let’s face it, they’re the 20 best drivers in the world. And they will be coming not just in front of the ‘Drive to Survive’ audience, but in front of everyone.
