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F1 Is Really About Brad Pitt’s Strengths and Limitations as a Movie Star


Cars? What cars?

Sonny Hayes ( Brad Pitt) is a veteran who overlapped with F1 legend Ayrton Senna, while rookie Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris) came up in an increasingly youthful new era, in which prospects log hours in simulators. Every surface of its on-screen world, which looks as crisp and remote as a near future sci-fi setting, is covered with logos and ads from companies vying for audience eyeballs and hoping to benefit from some reflected cachet. The funny thing about Sonny being presented as a washed-up loser with a stripped down life is that he nevertheless looks like he just walked off a magazine shoot, denim shirt half unbuttoned to show off his bohemian necklaces, sleeves rolled up to showcase his tattoos, aviators on in the late afternoon sunlight.

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