Lewis Hamilton Talks Producing 'F1' Movie, How Involved In the Process He Was
Lewis Hamilton is opening up about his behind-the-scenes role on the upcoming F1 movie.
The 40-year-old Ferrari Formula 1 driver serves as a producer on the film, in addition to appearing on screen.
In a new interview ahead of the movie’s release later this month, Lewis dished on just how involved he was in the making of the film.
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“It’s been a huge learning experience for me to get to learn in the presence of Joe [Kosinski] and Jerry [Bruckheimer]. Jerry’s just such a legend. He’s done so many great films and Joe is such a perfectionist,” Lewis shared with Variety. “It’s been amazing to see all the work that goes on in the background of making a movie. Because I love film. I love watching series, and particularly movies. I watch a lot of movies, and you want one that’s this action-packed, and keeps you on edge the whole way through.”
He continued, “I would often come to L.A. and be in Jerry’s office, which was mad, or Joe’s studio going through beat by beat the script, the dialog, the terminology that’s authentic to racing drivers, switches, gear shift sounds you’ll hear that are overlapping. I got to get involved in all that. And then we got [composer] Hans Zimmer on board, and we go to his studio and see him create. It’s been an emotional roller coaster.”
Lewis also dished on helping hone in on the characters and bringing some diversity to the movie.
“I said to Jerry and Joe, when we do this film, we want to make sure that people watching it see what we want [Formula 1] to be in future, so it is super diverse,” the seven-time F1 champion said. “You’ve got this amazing woman who’s the main engineer [played by Kerry Condon], and you’ve never seen a woman in the pit stop before. These young kids are going to be able to see that it doesn’t matter what your gender is, what your religion is — there’s a place for you. And that’s the part that I wanted to contribute, to make sure to put on the screen.”
F1 the movie is slated to hit theaters on June 27th. Check out the trailer!
Lewis is also hitting the track THIS Sunday (June 15) to race in the 2025 Pirelli Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal.