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A comment by Lewis Hamilton during the early stages of the F1 Movie project did not go down well with Brad Pitt.
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff shared that Brad Pitt was unimpressed when Lewis Hamilton jokingly told him he was “much too old” to play an F1 driver in an early draft of a film. Brad Pitt, aged 61, starred in a movie where he portrayed a former F1 driver mentoring a rookie. Hamilton, a producer on the film, raised concerns about Pitt’s age, prompting a rewrite. Wolff recounted a dinner at his Oxford home with Hamilton, Pitt, and others, leading to script adjustments. The film, despite mixed reviews, became a box-office success, grossing over $560 million globally and becoming Pitt’s highest-grossing movie. Wolff praised the film’s entertainment value and revenue generation, highlighting its positive reception among F1 drivers and team principals.
