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- 'F1' Director Joseph Kosinski Reveals 'Scariest' Day Filming with Brad Pitt: 'I Was Crossing My Fingers' (Exclusive)</p>
<p>Sean MandellOctober 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM</p>
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<p>(L-R): Director Joseph Kosinski and Brad Pitt on the set of "F1." -</p>
<p>F1 director Joseph Kosinski describes the "scariest" day filming with Brad Pitt while making the racing blockbuster</p>
<p>Kosinski praises Pitt for his "natural talent" behind the wheel but admits he was "crossing his fingers" during one "dangerous" sequence</p>
<p>The movie follows former Formula 1 driver Sonny Hayes (Pitt) as he makes a career comeback and fights to save his new team</p>
<p>F1 director Joseph Kosinski can still recall the "scariest" day he spent filming with Brad Pitt behind the wheel of a high-octane race car.</p>
<p>Centered on former Formula 1 driver Sonny Hayes (Pitt) as he makes a career comeback and fights to save his new team, F1 includes scenes of Pitt driving during portions of the actual Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend in November 2024.</p>
<p>"The scariest part was definitely Las Vegas," Kosinski told PEOPLE at a special screening of F1 on Sunday, Oct. 12, at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, Calif. "That race — it's at night, it's cold, the tires don't have a lot of grip, and Brad did not have the opportunity to practice that track at all before the shoot because it only exists those three days out of the year."</p>
<p>The filmmaker, 51, also sat for a Q&A alongside Pitt, 61, producer Jerry Bruckheimer, 82, producer and 7-time F1 world champion Sir Lewis Hamilton, 40, and actors Damson Idris, 34, and Sarah Niles, 38.</p>
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<p>rad Pitt, center, speaks with a stunt double as they film F1 on the the front straightaway following qualifying for the Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix in Las Vegas.</p>
<p>Along with the F1 drivers competing in the race, Pitt faced track temperatures hovering around 57 degrees Fahrenheit — practically "arctic" by F1 standards.</p>
<p>A street circuit race, the Las Vegas GP takes place on the Las Vegas strip and doesn't have run-off areas found on many other circuits. As a result, drivers often find themselves racing close to — and sometimes crashing into — the track's barriers.</p>
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<p>Brad Pitt in "F1."</p>
<p>"I would say Vegas was really where I was crossing my fingers because again, it was so cold and the tires don't have a lot of grip, and if he made one mistake, he'd be in the wall," Kosinski says.</p>
<p>"It was by far the most dangerous thing we did," the director adds. "But [Pitt] came through with flying colors, even though [his character] crashes in the film. On the shoot day, he was great."</p>
<p>The Top Gun: Maverick director continues, "Luckily, Brad and Damson actually had a lot of natural talent, so we had a lot to work with. They were really, really good drivers, and you can see that when you see the film."</p>
<p>Pitt was "so well trained" and had done "thousands of laps" over his years of prepping for the movie, that Kosinski says he "felt really good with [Pitt's] performance out on the track and knew he had control of the car."</p>
<p>Kosinski adds, "I never felt like we were being irresponsible."'</p>
<p>By the last day, Pitt "was really sad to get out of the car," recalls the director, who rolled the cameras just a bit longer for his star. "We let him do a few more laps at the end of the last take just because I knew he loved it. I think it was emotional for him to say goodbye to this character because he really loved playing him."</p>
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<p>As for the possibility of a sequel to F1, the director tells PEOPLE, "Based on the reception of the film, I would love to see what adventures Sonny Hayes is going on to next, and I think the audience would too. So we're actually gonna start talking about that very soon, start kind of coming up with, 'What could that next chapter of his story be?'"</p>
<p>F1 will make its global streaming debut on Apple TV on Dec. 12.</p>
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