Kerry Condon was taken under the wing of former strategy engineer Bernie Collins to ensure her role in "F1" was played as authentically as possible.
And while that must've been tough going, the Thurles woman noted that they were encouraged to have fun on set which she thought was "strange" as it was still a job.
The job had the crew travelling across the globe as they chased Formula One through the US and Europe to attend and shoot on location at various Grand Prix.
Speaking at a press day at UK racing track Goodwood, Kerry said: "Working with Brad [Pitt] was like a dream come true. He's been in the business so long and he’s worked with some amazing people, I just wanted to be in his top ten co-stars. That was my aim.
"Working with Damson Idris was fun. He’s like a child, he has so much energy."
"The stuff we shot at the Grand Prix was so timed to a tee," she said. "We had to shoot pitstop stuff during the actual Grand Prix races so I felt very much like I was part of a team at the Grand Prix - I was nervous, excited, I didn’t know what was going to happen. It was amazing, really amazing."
"We were really encouraged to have fun, which was strange - I was surprised I was getting paid to have fun but we wanted to capture a playfulness. We went all over the world."
Speaking about working with Bernie Collins, Kerry said: "She’s an Irish girl so there a lot of similarities;
"But basically, I knew she was a girl who excels at physics and maths and who did engineering in school and I had some friends who did that so for the role in 'F1,' I just imagined that I was good at physics."
"F1" is being co-produced by seven-time world champion driver Lewis Hamilton to ensure authenticity and it has been reported that F1 chiefs hope that the film will garner as much success as Netflix’s "Drive to Survive" series.
Brad will play the role of Sonny Hayes, a retired driver who returns to racing. British actor Damson Idris will star alongside the 60-year-old, who plays Joshua Pierce.
The pair raced adapted Formula Two cars between practice sessions at a sold-out British Grand Prix in July 2023 in anticipation for the movie. Filming was pushed back due to the US actors’ and writers’ strike, but the wait is almost over as the movie is set for release this July.
*This article was originally published on Evoke.ie.
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