With F1 the movie right around the corner, actor Brad Pitt has put the pedal to the metal when it comes to promotions. Pitt, who isn’t really known for giving long interviews, let alone making appearances on a podcast, showed up on actor Dave Shepard’s show The Armchair Expert. Pitt touched on several topics, including addiction, recovery, F1, early career and future plans. But what Brad was most excited about was his love for motor sports in general, and he shared several anecdotes about his racing hobby, including one of racing bikes with actor Channing Tatum.
Pitt and Dave can be seen completely digressing from what they were talking about, as they both started ‘nerding out’ about racing and how Pitt very graciously offered to fly Dave to the last racing event they had. Dave said, “I remember you suddenly asking me after an AA meeting whether I was going to the tracks or not, and then you offered to fly me there in your helicopter.” Pitt dodged the compliment and said that he is glad that he gets to do ‘rock and roll’ things like that once in a while.
He then turned the tables and said, “Let it be known that Dave is rapid; he is very quick on the bike. I wasn’t as quick as some of these guys, like Channing.” To which Dave said, “Let the record also reflect that Brad is also very quick and Channing was just annoyingly good very quickly. He is just one of those athletes who can do everything and is just a natural.” The duo also talked about Toto Wolff, who is the CEO of Mercedes’s Formula One team, and how he talks about Lewis Hamilton also being a natural at everything he does. It’s definitely high praise, coming from someone like Pitt, who has actually driven an F1 car and has been appreciated for his racing skills by the one and only Tom Cruise.
During the CinemaCon earlier this year, Cruise expressed his excitement for F1 and recalled working with Pitt on the movie Interview With The Vampire (1994). “It’s great to see Brad driving; he’s a very good driver, believe me. I have raced against him. When we were doing Interview With The Vampire, we used to go and race go-karts against each other. We would finish and then go race go-karts all night, and he was a hell of a driver.” It seems that Pitt will get to see more of Channing on the motorbike, as the duo are reportedly collaborating on a docu-series about one of the most dangerous races of all time, the Isle of Man TT.
F1 has been directed by Joseph Kosinski, and the cast includes Pitt, Javier Bardem, Damson Idris, Kerry Condon and Lewis Hamilton. Pitt will play the role of a veteran driver who returns to Formula One and teams up with a rookie (Idris) to save his old friend’s (Bardem) team. The film also features music from aristes like Ed Sheeran, BLACKPINK, Chris Stapleton, Doja Cat and more. It releases worldwide on June 27.
