Full Speed Ahead, Literally

Damson Idris keeps pace with Brad Pitt in the pulse-pounding action flick of the summer, F1

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When Damson Idris signed on to play the talented yet immature rookie to Brad Pitt's racing veteran in F1 (out now), the 33-year-old thought he knew fast cars. He quickly realized that hitting 180 mph in vehicles modeled after real Formula 1 racers was, in fact, “the scariest thing in the world.” Still, putting the actors in the driver's seat turned out to be worth the insurance liability: The team behind Top Gun: Maverick have delivered another can't-miss action movie. Idris tells Us more.

Your character does force and reaction time training to optimize his responses behind the wheel. Was that similar to your own preparation?