Christian Bale remembers hunkering down in
front of a television set with his father to watch
Formula One races, back in the glory days of
Alain Prost, Jacques Laffite and Nelson Piquet.
They even went to Brands Hatch before F1 left
the circuit near Kent, England.
So the actor who’s been behind the wheel of the
Batmobile read a script about the infamous 1966
showdown between Ford and Ferrari at Le Mans,
the racing aficionado jumped onboard. And
when Matt Damon learned that Bale was already
circling the project, the actor — no stranger to
high-speed car chases from his Jason Bourne
films — likewise jumped at the opportunity.