The movie of the F1 It has generated enormous expectation among fans of this sport. Brad Pittprotagonist of this story, has revealed that Fernando Alonso It has been his great inspiration to make the character of Sonny Hayes. After a two -year filming being part of the Paddock of the F1 with the Verstappen, Hamilton, Alonso and company, the film will see the light this Friday, June 27.
The American actor told how his experience has been sharing Paddock with the great stars of the Formula 1: “We arrive at this with a great love for sport, for history, for the pilots … In the film you can identify certain things and say this happened in 1994 or this in 2008 and we were taking advantage of all that.” And he acknowledges that Alonso was his source of inspiration for his character: «Also We look a lot, and I respectfully say Fernando Alonso ».
«We were a team in the last place and we needed to play with the rules. Reach the limit of the rules to be competitive in some way. That's where Sonny begins and is quite hated for that, ”said Brad Pitt in the official podcast of Formula 1, Beyond The Grid. All actors are always inspired by something or someone to make their characters, and in this case the American has done so in a legend of the world and two -time champion of the world such as Fernando Alonso.
Pitt acknowledged that he was impressed with the spa circuit: «I have a lot The top, spa. My God. Seven kilometers, elevation changes of 100 meters, the forest behind, Pouhon, a double curve, inclined ».
«It is a real feeling of races, and then, Eau Rouge. They took us down there, to the bottom and told us to look at the slope and wait to see the cars, ”he added. Fernando Alonso passed around, who left Brad Pitt hallucinated: «The first one that happened was Fernando and literally, the air of the lungs absorbs you, is incredible. I was on the track before, but I did not do what Fernando did and before I saw the pilots go to the top passing through Copse in Silverstone, and it is amazing, impressive ».
Alonso gives his ok to the movie
Fernando Alonso has already seen the F1 film that stars Brad Pitt and, although he almost doesn't go out, he acknowledged that It was quite “fun to see some of my colleagues, the pilots, myself toothat I have about two seconds in the movie ». «It's a very pretty movie, and It represents very well what we have inside the paddockthe teams, pilots, and I think it is something good for fans around the world when they watch the movie, I hope you like it as much as we are. It has been a very beautiful experience, ”added the Spanish in a video published by Aston Martin.
The Asturian considers that “it is a very beautiful film” and gives him his approval: “There are a couple of things in the movie, the moment of the exit when you enter the car there are many things that happen on the grill, with many people, vips … but when you get, you are alone during those 30 seconds before the green light for the form of formation, so I think that is very well reflected in the movie And not only that, but the speed, overtaking, pressure, I think It's a very pretty movie».
