As for Pitt's willingness to get behind the wheel, director Joseph Kosinski jokes to PEOPLE that they "had to tear him out of" the car once filming wrapped F1 director Joseph Kosinski revealed to PEOPLE that Formula One pro Lewis Hamilton was "impressed" by Brad Pitt's natural driving talent Of Pitt and costar Damson Idris,

Lewis Hamilton was a key figure in the development of the new F1 movie, and actor Damson Idris has opened up on the jokes that the seven-time world champion made at his expense

F1,” a Formula One racing film starring Brad Pitt, Damson Idris and several real-life drivers, arrives in theaters on Friday, June 27. In the Apple film, Pitt plays a retired Formula One driver, Sonny Hayes,