'F1: The Movie' Star Damson Idris Recalls Witnessing Brad Pitt’s 'Sexy Walk' on Set
Ahead of the highly anticipated release of F1: The Movie, the actors have raved about their experiences while at the track, the time they put in preparing for the movie and just how thrilling it was driving a racecar.
Among the many Formula One circuits the cast and crew attended was the popular Silverstone in England, which British actor and one of the movie's stars, Damson Idris, called his "home turf" during an interview with Variety.
While Idris called the experience of filming F1: The Movie at Silverstone "amazing," he also got a full-blown glimpse of what he describes as "the sexy Brad Pitt walk" in an incredible and hilarious breakdown of the moment.
Idris said he and fellow star in F1: The Movie, Pitt, stood with the drivers for the national anthem before walking back to the scene, and he detailed the moment to Variety.
“That’s my home turf,” he said. “And we got to stand with all the Formula One drivers; we got to sing the national anthem — there were fireworks going over — and then we got to walk back to the scene that we were going to shoot while ‘We Will Rock You’ is playing. I looked to the right: it’s Brad Pitt. He’s doing the sexy Brad Pitt walk. And I’m like, I need to try and look sexy too. But the whole experience was amazing.”
First off, the description of the scene from Idris sounds incredible. But credit to the 33-year-old actor for the shoutout to Pitt, who's been named People's Sexiest Man Alive on two occasions—in 1995 and 2000. The 61-year-old actor is on a short list of actors who have earned the honor twice, along with George Clooney, Johnny Depp and Richard Gere.
Pitt's swagger obviously rubbed off on Idris, considering his statement that he needed to "try and look sexy too."
The duo of Pitt and Idris lead the way in the new F1: The Movie, and the film's early reviews are impressive. It's earned an 87 percent critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes ahead of the official June 27 premiere date.
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