When Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski announced his next project, a Formula 1 movie starring Brad Pitt, everyone in Hollywood auditioned for the young lead. Last summer, a paparazzi shot of Pitt and Snowfall’s Damson Idris wearing racing suits on an F1 track in the UK let the world know who got the part. “That was our first day of filming,” says Idris. “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.