Ferrari’s Adam Driver on what attracts him to “unique” passion projects
Michael Mann's new film is the latest in a line of long-gestating films which Driver has starred in.
- Patrick Cremona
Published: Thursday, 28 December 2023 at 7:00 am
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Michael Mann's new film Ferrari has been a long time in the works – with the acclaimed director first hatching plans for a film based on the legendary motor racer and entrepreneur back in 2000.
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It now finally arrives in UK cinemas with Adam Driver in the starring role and marks the latest in a long line of long-gestating passion projects the actor has worked on.
Ahead of its release, Driver and his co-stars Penelope Cruz and Shailene Woodley chatted exclusively to RadioTimes.com about the film, and we asked him if the fact that the project had been so long in the works made it an extra enticing prospect.
"I think it's a cherry on top, but I don't know it's something that makes its way into the day-to-day shooting," he explained.
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“I’ve had the luxury of working on a lot of things that have been long-gestating with directors – passion projects of theirs.
"I did this movie, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, with Terry Gilliam, and this movie Silence, with Martin Scorsese, which he tried to make for a long time.
"I just did this thing [Megalopolis] with Francis Ford Coppola that he tried to... that he showed me notes that he made about the movie 40 years ago, and now it's just now being done."
Adam Driver as Enzo Ferrari in Ferrari. SEAC
He added that although he was sure there was a "subconscious pressure to it", he feels like that regardless of what film he's working on, but he did explain a little why he reckons he is so drawn to interesting projects from big-name auteurs.
"Mostly I think, you know, it's going to be unique," he said. "It probably won't be commercial, but it will be something that has that....it will probably be something that has longevity and [is] interesting.”
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Ferrari will be released in UK cinemas on Tuesday 26th December ahead of launching on Sky Cinema in 2024. Read more of our Film coverage, or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to see what's on tonight.
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Patrick CremonaSenior Film Writer
Patrick Cremona is the Senior Film Writer at Radio Times, and looks after all the latest film releases both in cinemas and on streaming. He has been with the website since October 2019, and in that time has interviewed a host of big name stars and reviewed a diverse range of movies.
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