{"id":10823,"date":"2025-06-18T12:05:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T12:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=10823"},"modified":"2025-06-18T12:05:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T12:05:03","slug":"f1-director-explains-why-simone-ashleys-role-was-cut-from-final-version-of-brad-pitt-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=10823","title":{"rendered":"F1 director explains why Simone Ashley\u2019s role was cut from final version of Brad Pitt film"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Simone Ashley\u2019s role in the upcoming racing drama F1 has been largely removed from the final version of the film, which premieres in theaters on June 27. Although her casting alongside Brad Pitt and Damson Idris was announced in July 2024 and she was photographed filming, the Bridgerton star\u2019s appearance in the movie is minimal\u2014with no dialogue.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking exclusively to PEOPLE, director Joseph Kosinski explained the decision, noting that \u201ctwo or three storylines\u201d didn\u2019t make it into the final cut. \u201cIt happens on every film, where you have to shoot more than you can use,\u201d Kosinski said. Still, he praised Ashley as \u201can incredible talent\u201d and expressed interest in working with her again.<\/p>\n<p>Ashley has not publicly commented on the edit, but in a recent interview with ELLE, she called the filming experience \u201ccrazy\u201d and said, \u201cI have a very small part, but I\u2019m grateful to be in that movie.\u201d She also recalled attending multiple Grands Prix and described the adrenaline-filled set: \u201cSometimes we literally had one take for certain shots\u2026 It was kind of like theater. It felt so live.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an earlier interview with Who What Wear, Ashley shared that she had met for the film before Bridgerton even aired. \u201cIt\u2019s Damson and Brad\u2019s movie,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m just so grateful that I can be part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>F1\u2014also starring Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies, Kim Bodnia, and Javier Bardem\u2014is scheduled for theatrical release and IMAX on June 27, 2025.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simone Ashley\u2019s role in the upcoming racing drama F1 has been largely removed from the final version of the film, which premieres in theaters on June 27. Although her casting alongside Brad Pitt and Damson Idris was announced in July 2024 and she was photographed filming, the Bridgerton star\u2019s appearance in the movie is minimal\u2014with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10823\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}