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'Is that who I thought it was?’ asked stunned staff at Mercedes’ factory in Brackley, Northamptonshire, recently. ‘It wasn’t Brad Pitt, was it?’
Barely credible, but true.
For the Hollywood A-lister was there to speak to Lewis Hamilton, and now the pair are making a star-strewn Formula One film together.
Pitt, 58, will play a former driver who is lured out of retirement to mentor a budding racer and then, according to website Deadline, seeks a final glorious chapter as the younger man’s team-mate.
Lewis Hamilton described the opportunity to work with Hollywood star Brad Pitt as 'epic'
Hamilton, 37, is helping produce the unnamed film but, speaking ahead of tomorrow’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, said he probably would not appear in it.
Apple have acquired the rights to the movie, which may also feature George Clooney as a rival ‘fixer’ to Pitt’s character.
‘We are working on the script and spending time with Brad is pretty epic,’ explained Hamilton.
‘You cannot say all the racing movies in the past have been spectacular and that is something
