Hamilton reveals why he turned down a role in Top Gun Maverick and how he disappointed Tom Cruise

In an interview for Vanity Fair, Lewis Hamilton admitted that he was very close to being part of Top Gun: Maverick. The seven-time Formula 1 world champion became obsessed with the saga after seeing the original 1986 film and was so mad at the announcement of its sequel that he even contacted Tom Cruise to beg him to include it in the film. movie, even though it was in a supporting role and no lines of dialogue.

“When I heard there was a second part on the way, I was like…god, I have to talk to Tom,” Hamilton explained with a laugh. “I told him I didn’t care what role they gave me. Like I had to sweep in the background during a scene where I didn’t look good. Cruise, old man, not only agreed, he offered to play a fighter pilot.

Unfortunately for Hamilton and his fans, the filming schedule for Top Gun: Maverick coincided with the end of the Formula 1 season, in which Hamilton was playing for the championship with Max Verstappen, and he had to call in Tom Cruise and Joseph Kosinski to apologize and get off the boat (or plane, in this case). The pilot said it was “the most disappointing call I have ever made”.

Imagine how he must have felt when, on top of that, he lost the world championship on the last lap of the last race. Or when he witnessed how Top Gun: Maverick blew up the box office, intoxicated critics and audiences alike, and slipped into the select club of 50 movies that topped 1,000 million. receipts. The voodoo dolls that Lobato has been putting on her since 2007 seem to have paid off.

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Hamilton’s new movie starring Brad Pitt in the style of Alonso

Far from ending his relationship with the world of cinema, Hamilton will be one of the producers of Kosinski’s new film (yet unnamed) after Top Gun: Maverick. A project with Brad Pitt as the main star where the award-winning actor will play a veteran Formula 1 driver who returns from retirement to fight with the titans of the discipline and help a young rookie find his way in the sector. This is not the story of Fernando Alonso after his sabbatical years at Indy, Le Mans and Daytona. The aforementioned titans are not Hamilton, Verstappen and Vettel. And this young rookie is not Carlos Sainz, but undoubtedly the reminiscences are there.

Hamilton will not be the only one to want to remove the thorn from the seventh art, but also Pitt himself, who was going to shoot with Tom Cruise the film Ford vs Ferrari that Christian Bale and Matt Damon ended up doing. Two new examples among the many “what if…?” that happen every day in Hollywood.

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Hamilton reveals why he turned down a role in Top Gun Maverick and how he disappointed Tom Cruise