Brad Pitt 'medical emergency' at racing event addressed in statement

Brad Pitt, 60, near his fans connected borderline aft helium appeared to faint astatine the Las Vegas Grand Prix - but it aboriginal emerged that the stunt was portion of a caller Formula One-based film

Fans of Brad Pitt were near disquieted aft quality emerged that the histrion had "fainted" astatine a racing event - and the "medical emergency" was adjacent addressed successful a mock statement.

The 60-year-old histrion was seen collapsing onto the crushed astatine the Las Vegas Grand Prix connected Saturday and the incidental near his fans connected edge. He appeared to wobble connected his feet earlier crashing down connected a padded mat held by a unit member.

But fans don't request to beryllium acrophobic arsenic the incidental wasn't a existent aesculapian emergency. In fact, it was being filmed arsenic portion of the Hollywood superstar's caller Formula One-based film, which is directed by by Joseph Kosinski and is acceptable to travel retired successful 2025.

In the movie, Brad portrays the quality Sonny Hayes, a retired operator who returns to Formula 1 with APX GP, a fictional team, to mentor and contention alongside a younger driver, played by Damson Idris. The brace look disconnected against elite competitors together.

After the country was filmed, the fictional contention squad adjacent released a connection saying: "During Qualifying, Sonny sustained a important interaction requiring contiguous aesculapian evaluation. Incidents of this magnitude are ever taken seriously, and Sonny's wellness remains our apical priority.

"While Sonny is different stable, helium volition not enactment successful tomorrow's contention arsenic helium focuses connected recovery. The full squad stands down him, and we volition supply updates erstwhile available. Joshua volition contention solo tomorrow, carrying the squad forward."

Brad has besides been spotted filming astatine the Mexican Grand Prix successful October. Filming is owed to proceed arsenic precocious arsenic the Abu Dhabi contention successful December of this year. In summation to his pb role, the histrion is besides a shaper connected the movie alongside Formula One operator Lewis Hamilton. The movie's F1 bundle was acquired by Apple for an estimated $130-140million (£104-£112million) which doesn't see the salaries of the main formed and crew.

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer precocious admitted that Hamilton's feedback has outgo them "more money" owed to the changes they person had to make. "Everything that helium has brought to this movie, I cannot adjacent explicit our acknowledgment to him and each the folks from F1 who made this each possible," Bruckheimer said. "The authenticity that helium brings, we conscionable cannot ideate what goes into what a operator does and what the athletics brings to an audience.

"Sometimes we bash not similar to perceive immoderate of the things helium says, due to the fact that it costs america much wealth to hole things, but we are each in, we privation to marque it great, and helium is surely helping us." During a property league astatine the 2023 British Grand Prix, Hamilton said: "We privation everyone to emotion it and to truly consciousness that we encapsulate what the essence of this athletics is each astir - that's our extremity and I anticipation we tin bash you proud."

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