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Brad Pitt Was Like a Mentor on F1 Set, Says Costar Damson Idris: He's 'a Walking Monument' (Exclusive)

Brad Pitt's 'F1' costar Damson Idris tells PEOPLE that he considers Pitt "a walking monument" while describing the relationship he developed with Pitt while making the new movie, in which Pitt's character plays a mentor role to Idris' hot shot rookie.

F1 star Damson Idris tells PEOPLE that he and Brad Pitt developed "a seamless dynamic" while making the upcoming Formula 1-inspired racing movie"As soon as they'd yell 'Cut,' we both sat at our seats and giggled," Idris says of working with the two-time Oscar winner F1, which was filmed in part during real-life F1 Grand Prix events around the world, releases in theaters June 27 During the conversation, the British actor said the mentor-mentee-type relationship his character takes up with Pitt's Formula 1 racer is "exactly the same" as the friendship they developed while making the film. "He’ll drive alongside Joshua Pearce (Idris), the team’s hotshot rookie intent on setting his own pace," the synopsis reads.

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