\u201cWe\u2019re excited to partner with the highly anticipated film,\u00a0\u2018F1\u2019,\u201d Hilfiger said<\/a>. \u201cDamson Idris stars as Joshua Pierce, a driver for the fictional APXGP team, and we wanted his\u00a0Met Gala\u00a0entrance to reflect the same cinematic energy.\u201d<\/p>\n He continued:\u00a0\u201cThe Met is all about making a statement, and the reveal was everything: stepping out of the suit to unveil a sharp, tailored tuxedo in\u00a0Tommy tartan \u2014 seamlessly shifting from high-octane to high fashion. From start line to spotlight, it captured the essence of both worlds.\u201d<\/p>\n Joining the seven-time Formula 1 champion and co-chair of tonight’s gala, Lewis Hamilton<\/a>, the two reunite after working so closely on the movie. The Ferrari<\/a> driver is a producer on\u00a0F1\u00a0and worked closely with the team as they targeted total realism.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n “There\u2019s no better person to teach you about F1 than Lewis Hamilton,” Idris said at an IWC event attended by this writer.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, Lewis comes in and he essentially calls BS. He lets us know that \u2018Hey, that wouldn\u2019t happen\u2019, which is a rarity in this art form.<\/p>\n \u201cSo to have someone who lives, breathes and sleeps Formula One, where I know their hands have been on this movie, it\u2019s unlike anything I\u2019ve done before.<\/p>\n \u201cThey put me behind the wheel, and I had some driving experience \u2013 I\u2019ve driven fast cars before \u2013 but it\u2019s unlike anything that we\u2019re doing right now.\u201d<\/p>\n Brad Pitt, Damson Idris<\/p>\n Photo by: Erik Junius<\/p>\n Hamilton, dressed to impress, said the following on his responsibility at the Met Gala as co-chair:<\/p>\n “Honestly, I think it’s really an extension of, you know, 2021, when I bought a table here and brought Black designers. I really created… it was an amazing evening.<\/p>\n “After that, speaking with Anna [Wintour] and just starting to collaborate on what the Met could grow to and what it can one day be,” Hamilton continued.<\/p>\n “We were in London, and she told me the theme. And I was so, so excited. And then she asked me to be the co-chair. And in that moment, for sure, I couldn’t believe it-I was like, ‘I’m gonna say no?'”<\/p>\n The movie\u00a0F1 will be released\u00a0premieres 27 June later this year.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n In this article<\/p>\n Alex Harrington\n<\/p>\n Formula 1\n<\/p>\n Culture\n<\/p>\n Be the first to know and subscribe for real-time news email updates on these topics<\/p>\n Subscribe to news alerts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Damson Idris had one of the most memorable entrances at the 2025 Met Gala. The British actor arrived…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78138,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4103],"tags":[2766,4199,707,4200,969,79,970,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-78137","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-f1","8":"tag-culture","9":"tag-f1","10":"tag-formula-1","11":"tag-formula1","12":"tag-nosyndicate","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-trendingteam","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Brad](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/brad-pitt-damson-idris.jpg\")
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