ChrisHewitt(Re.ViewEditor): CanI goon
recordandsaytheUKtitle[LeMans’66] is
moronic.Hereit’sFordv Ferrari,
whichis a muchbettertitle.It’slikeAlien
vs.Predator.
NickDeSemlyen(FeaturesEditor): NowI
wanttoseeFordv Ferrari:Requiem.
Chris: Plus,sticking’66onit makesit sound
likea prequeltotheSteveMcQueenmovie
LeMans.
JamesDyer(Editor-In-Chief,Digital):
[Palpatinevoice] Executeorder66...
Nick: It’sprobablyjusta marketingdecision.
JohnNugent(NewsEditor): Ora rightsissue
—likewhenZootopiahadtobecalled
ZootropolisintheUK.Theyhadtore-record
theentirefilmforEuropeanmarketsbecause
theycouldn’tcleartherightstothename
froma Danishzoo.
Nick: IsChristianBale’saccentsupposedto
beBrummie?
Chris: It is Brummie.It’snotScouse,assome
peoplethought.
John: Thatis a goodBrummieaccent,
actually.Thatbitsoundedgood.
James: I wouldgosofarastosaythathis
Brummieaccentinthisis almostasgood
asTimothySpall’sintheRedDwarf
episode‘BackToReality’,andthatis high
praiseindeed.
Chris: Thismaybethefirsttimeyou’veever
seenChristianBalelaughonfilm.
Nick: Thismaybethefirsttime‘Gimme
Shelter’haseverbeenusedonfilm.
John: It is weirdtoseeChristianBalelook
almost...normal?Hedoesn’tseemtohave
anyprostheticson.
Chris: I thinkhecamestraightfromVice.
He’slookingreallyskinny.Hedidthatyo-yo
thinghesaidhe’dneverdo.
Nick: Heneedstoputmoregasintheengine.
Chris: Soapparently,theydidallthedriving
forreal.
John: Thatcan’tbereal?ChristianBalejust
crashedhiscar.
James: That’sactuallyChristianBaleinthat
car.Theykilledhim.
Chris: “Itain’taboutspeed.”I mean,it’s
mostlyaboutspeed.
James: Thatseemslikea misunderstanding
oftheconceptofracing.
John: It’salsoaboutreallygoodacting.
James: Thisis howyouknowit’sbasedon
a truestory,right?Becauseif younamed
yourleadracingdriverina fictionalmovie
‘KenMiles’,it wouldbelaughedoutof
theroom.
Chris: That’sCaitrionaBalfethere,who
plays Christian Bale’s wife. I suspect she getsmoretodointhefilm.There’snota lotof
womeninthistrailer.
John: I hopeshe’snotjustthe‘frettingwife’
boilerplate.
Nick: It is a veryblokeytrailer,isn’tit?
Chris: Thepunchis interesting.I wonderif
there’smoretothatrelationshipthanjust
beingbestfriends.It’sfocusingprettymuch
ontheFordsideofthings.Wedon’tgetany
senseoftheFerarrisideofthisconflict.
John: Oh,sothesetwoareonlyonthe
Fordside?
Chris: Yep.I knowfromtalkingwiththe
directorJamesMangoldthatCarrollShelby,
MattDamon’scharacter,wasa racingdriver
first—andthenFordaskedhimtocomeon
boardandoverseetheirchallengetoFerrari.
It wasa verydifferenttime,becausethese
guysactuallybuiltthecarsthattheydrove
aswell.
Nick: TracyLettshasa greatface.Doyou
reckonhehadtodothatfaceinhisaudition?
Chris: TracyLettsdoesn’taudition.He’s
offer-only.
John: Sowhatdidwethinkofthat?
Chris: Thefirstthingtosayis thatit’snot
a superherofilm.It seemstobea character-
drivendrama.It needsmoresuperheroes.
Nick: Yeah.It lookslikean...adult...
drama...movie.
John: That’smyfavouritegenre.
James: Assomeonewhohaszerointerestin
anythingtodowithracing,theonlything
keepingmegoinghereis BaleandDamon.
There’sa lotrestingonthem.
Nick: It’sgoingtohavesomecapital-A
acting,isn’tit?Majoracting.
John: MaybeevenOscaracting.Christian
Baleis alwaysa goodshoutforOscars.
Chris: Youdon’tgeta sensefromthetrailer
ofwhatit’sdrivenby,otherthanthat
relationshipbetweenthetwoofthem—
aretheysurrogatebrothers,perhaps?
Nick: It didn’tsellmeonthefilm,to
behonest.ButinMangoldwetrust.
James: I didn’tgivea shitaboutRush
whenI sawthetrailer,andI lovedthefilm.
Nick: I wonderif theyshouldhaveshowed
moreclipsoftheracing.Wouldhavebeen
nicetohavemorecarcarnage.It feltlikethe
beatsinthattrailerwerea littlebitgeneric.
John: Everythingwe’rehearingaboutthis
filmis thattheracingis amazingandthe
chemistrybetweenthetwoleadsis amazing.
Seemslikethere’sa lottogetyourteethinto.
AndMangoldis ona hotstreak, post-Logan.
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