Formulation 1 famous person Lewis Hamilton has piloted race vehicles to seven world championships, however needed to decline the chance to leap within the cockpit of a fighter jet for a task in High Gun: Maverick, he tells Vainness Honest in a brand new interview.
A fan of the unique High Gun, and a pal of Tom Cruise, Hamilton stated, “After I heard the second was popping out, I used to be like, ‘Oh, my God, I’ve to ask him’.” He instructed Cruise, “I don’t care what position it’s. I’ll even sweep one thing, be a cleaner within the again.”
Evidently, Maverick himself agreed and Hamilton was to be one of many pilots. However filming would have clashed with the climax of the F1 season, and being a “perfectionist” who wouldn’t have been capable of cut up his time, Hamilton needed to flip down the position. Telling Cruise and TGM director Joseph Kosinski was “essentially the most upsetting name that I believe I’ve ever had,” he recounts within the VF article.
Hamilton may have his likelihood to work with Kosinski: he’s one of many producers on the director’s untitled Formulation 1 film starring Brad Pitt which landed at Apple earlier this 12 months. Pitt will play a driver who comes out of retirement to compete alongside a rookie in opposition to the titans of his sport.
Hamilton instructed VF he has met with Pitt and organized for him to tour the UK factories the place this 12 months’s Formulation 1 automobile for Mercedes is being crafted. The driving force has additionally been vetting the script “as a result of the People which might be writing it are simply getting newly accustomed to Formulation 1.”
Hamilton and Cruise are good friends. In July, Cruise spent his sixtieth birthday on the British Formulation 1 Grand Prix, the place he was supporting Hamilton. “He’s an incredible pal of mine. I hope he has an incredible day,” Cruise instructed Sky Sports activities on the beginning grid.
The driving force returned the sentiment, telling VF that Cruise is “one of many nicest individuals you’ll ever meet.”
In the meantime, the hypersonic High Gun: Maverick continues to defy gravity, crossing $1.35B on the world field workplace this previous Sunday.