Damson Idris has been on the rise in Hollywood for a little while now, having truly earned recognition for his role on the hit FX drama Snowfall . The British star has also been steadily making a name for himself in the realm of cinema, and his biggest gig to date is on the horizon. He’s set to star in the 2025 movie release F1 , a racing film from Top Gun : Maverick helmer Joseph Kosinski .
As part of the cast, Idris worked alongside some heavy-hitters, including Brad Pitt and Javier Bardem . Idris recently opened up about working with such a murderer’s row of celebrities, and it sounds like he was shook. The first true glimpse of F1 that the general public received arrived back in August 2023 amid the British Grand Prix.
Thanks to photos that were released, fans were able to see just how Brad Pitt and Damson Idris would look in the high-octane sports flick. As Idris has since revealed, that major event actually marked his first day on set. Not only did he find himself rubbing shoulders with major actors, but there were some notable racers on the scene as well: That was our first day of filming.
I look to my left, it’s Brad Pitt. I look to my right, it’s Javier Bardem. I look at my hands, they’re shaking.
And we shoot all of this epic stuff and all the amazing drivers are there, from Lewis [Hamilton] to [Max] Verstappen to everyone. It’s likely that many of us probably would’ve felt the same way had we been in the Outside the Wire alum’s shoes. Speaking for m.
