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Topics: Max Verstappen, Formula 1, Red Bull Racing
Marcus Chan
Max Verstappen has already given his views on the new F1 movie amid reports he refused to film a particular scene with Brad Pitt.
On Wednesday, the F1 movie starring the likes of Pitt, Kerry Condon, Damson Idris and Javier Bardem was released to the public.
Aside from the Hollywood actors, many current F1 stars were also involved.
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Five of the 2025 rookies - Franco Colapinto, Kimi Antonelli, Isack Hadjar, Gabriel Bortoleto and Oliver Bearman - were the unlucky ones to not make a cameo in the film.
Prior to last month's Monaco Grand Prix, a private screening of the film was held exclusively for drivers, team principals and special guests.
However, reigning F1 world champion Verstappen did not attend as he opted to give the event a miss.
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Apart from the Dutchman, Aston Martin star Lance Stroll was also nowhere to be seen.
When asked why he gave the screening a miss, Verstappen explained, via Planet F1: "I notified FOM (Formula One Management) about that, so they were well aware that I wasn’t attending. I wanted to spend more private time – because it is private time at the end of the day, the evening also.
"I think it’s coming out on June 27 [US release date] so I’ll download it on Apple."
He added: "Of course I get it. There was the opportunity to watch it, but if I watch it now or in three or four weeks, that’s fine as well.
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"I heard good stuff from the movie, so I’m sure that it’s going to be exciting."
Filming for the movie took place across the 2023 and 2024 seasons and according to a recent report, Verstappen 'refused' to film one particular scene with Pitt.
As claimed by The Telegraph, the Red Bull superstar declined to take part in an extra nightclub scene with Pitt.
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The report stated: "Not everyone bought into it. Max Verstappen apparently declined to film an extra nightclub scene with Brad Pitt. The four-time world champion also skipped the drivers’ screening in Monaco, and the premiere in New York."
Pitt recently revealed that seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton played a key role in helping the production team make the film as realistic as possible.
He said on the Beyond the Grid podcast, via Planet F1: "We drew on him a lot. I mean, we had 12 hour sessions in this very hotel in London, where we were just like, ‘What about this, what about that, what about this.’ And he would take us through, and it had to pass his smell test, you know, to keep us within the parameters of reality. Because we’re Hollywood, and we like a bit of drama.
"This is so smart of Joe (Joseph Kosinski - Director), when he first came up with this idea to call Lewis and to get a seven-time World Champion on board to help us make the introductions and open up the doors and sell this idea."