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Brad Pitt overstayed his welcome and stressed out Aston Martin F1 team ahead of USGP

Samriddhi Jaiswal
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Brad Pitt overstayed his welcome and stressed out Aston Martin F1 team ahead of USGP

Hollywood star Brad Pitt showed up at the United States Grand Prix lingering backstage – in the garages – and learning things for his upcoming Formula 1 movie. But as per Aston Martin team boss, Pitt overstayed his welcome with the Silverstone-based team and caused chaos.

During his visit, the 58-year-old actor met all the 10 team principals but he spent much of his time in the Aston Martin garage.

However, while Aston Martin team boss Mike Krack was not bothered by giving Pitt access to what goes behind the scenes of F1 racing, Krack did feel that the star overstayed his welcome.

Krack said that Pitt’s long presence in the garage threw the Silverstone-based team’s crew out of schedule and left them stressed and managing the chaos.

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Brad Pitt acts as a racer in the Lewis Hamilton-produced F1 movie

The F1 movie, which is set to have a budget of $140 Million, is being produced by 7-time world champion Lewis Hamilton.

In the movie, Pitt is playing a racer who returns from retirement to mentor a youngster and uses the opportunity to shine one last time as his teammate.

Hamilton, who has often been linked with Hollywood and has shown interest in playing a part in movies will not participate in this movie on-screen. Instead, the Briton is determined to make the movie as authentic as possible.

The 7-time world champion has even declared high hopes for the film and said that it will be the best racing movie ever.

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Lewis Hamilton has one more project lined up

Hamilton has set up a production company – Dawn Apollo Films – and he already has two projects lined up with the Apple TV+.

One is the Brad Pitt starring F1 film and the other is his own documentary. The documentary will showcase Briton’s struggles through life and the sport in reaching the top of the sport.

Nearing the age where most sportspersons choose retirement, Hamilton has often been questioned about his post-retirement plans. In one of the interviews, Hamilton revealed that he wants to be involved in movie productions.

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Samriddhi Jaiswal

Samriddhi Jaiswal

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Samriddhi Jaiswal is an F1 editor and writer at The SportsRush. She started her career as a business journalist but soon found her calling in lights out here we go! Samriddhi has been a Ferrari fan even when her interaction with F1 was occasional. Her first real experience with the thrilling sport came when Charles Leclerc clinched his iconic victory in Spa and Monza and painted the track red. Now, a Tifosi, Samriddhi is a hardcore fan of the prancing horse and can relate to the chaos within the Italian camp and also admires Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher. Off the track, she finds her home in books and musical instruments.

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