"It was a rageful scene...": Damson Idris recalls spitting on Brad Pitt; reveals he was horrified | - Times of India
Damson Idris, the 33-year-old actor who starred alongside Brad Pitt in ‘F1,’ revealed that he thought he was going to lose his job after accidentally spitting on the 61-year-old actor in a rage-filled scene.
In an appearance during an interview with The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Wednesday, June 18, Damson confessed the quite an uncomfortable shoot while filming the upcoming film ‘F1’ with the ‘Fight Club’ actor. “It's so funny working with Brad. He's such a beautiful human being, such a giving actor. And we once did a scene where I had to scream in his face, and it was like the biggest scene for me. I was so nervous," Idris stated, before admitting, “In between the takes, I spat in Brad Pitt's face.”“It was an accident. It was a rageful scene,” the British actor explained, adding that he had to watch the spit landing on Pitt’s face, who certainly had a shocking reaction. However, Pitt handled it well and continued to act.
“And then he kept going, and in my head I'm like, 'Oh my gosh. I just spat on Brad Pitt's face.' I was like, 'I'm going to lose my job now.' And I watched the spit the whole take, it was just there dribbling down,” the ‘Outside the Wire’ actor added.
Elsewhere in the interview, Damson revealed that he and Pitt used to race the cars, driving 180 miles an hour. He recalled racing against the 61-year-old Hollywood actor, but Brad is a fast racer. “Brad is really fast. He is just such an amazing adrenaline junkie. He rides bikes,” Idris said.About training for the role, Damson said that he trained for about four months, and it took two years to make the film. “I had two years of F1 experience under my belt. Technically, I'm probably faster than Lewis Hamilton,” he joked.