Simone Ashley On Shooting ‘F1’ Alongside Real Grand Prix Races: “One Of The Craziest Things I Think I’ve Ever Been Part Of”

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Quite literally off to the races, Simone Ashley previewed her “amazing” and “adrenaline”-filled experience shooting F1, the high-octane racing drama from Top Gun: Maverick helmer Joseph Kosinski.

Speaking to Who What Wear for a cover story, the Bridgerton actress, who will appear opposite Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Javier Bardem and others in the Brad Pitt vehicle, said the rush came from filming and touring alongside real Grand Prix races for limited minutes at a time. “Obviously, with the strikes and delays, we finally wrapped in Abu Dhabi in December,” she said of the project, due in theaters June 27. “It’s been a long time, and you know, it’s Damson and Brad’s movie.

I’m just so grateful that I can be part of it, and yeah, we’ve toured with the Grand Prix. We were filming at the real races.” Adding of the logistics, the Picture This star said, “You had to work as a team.

Sometimes, we literally had one take for certain shots. Like, you’d see on the call sheet eight minutes to get this one thing because we were shooting alongside the races.” “It was amazing, the adrenaline,” Ashley continued. “It was kind of like theater.