Actors, musicians, models and more celebrities looked on the blue carpet of the Met Gala 2025. The exception was an unexpected appearance that completely disregarded the theme of the event: An F1 pilot.
The sample of this year is inspired by the Black dandisman aesthetic and political expression that exacerbates opulent outfits within the African diaspora, making them a political discourse against racism.
Who was then the mysterious “pilot” who came to the exhibition and what is The meaning behind your dress?
This is the British actor Damson Idriswho after posing briefly from the cameras withdrew the sports uniform designed by Tommy Hilfiger to show a brilliant red tuxedo of the same brand.
Idris posed with A helmet adorned with 20,000 Swarovski crystals that he did not see his identity, but shortly after he retired and smiled at the cameramen.
Although its racing pilot look was not related to the concept of the MET 2025the reason for wearing it is the promotion of his next movie F1, which stars with Brad Pitt.
“We are delighted to partner with the hopeful movie F1″, Hilfiger said for the magazine Women’s Wear Daily. “Damson Idris stars in the role of Joshua Pierce, Pilot of the APXGP fictional team, and We wanted its entry into the Met Gala to reflect the same cinematographic energy”.
And he continued in his explanation: “In the MET it is about making a statement of intentions, and revelation was everything: get out of the suit to reveal an elegant tuxedo As Tartán de Tommy, moving perfectly from high sewing. From the exit line to the care center, captured the essence of both worlds“.
-The action drama, directed by Joseph Kosinski, follows the story of Sonny Hayes, a recognized pilot of Formula 1 that retired from the highest category skills after suffering a terrible accident in the 90s.
Completely away from high -level races, Hayes is contacted by the owner of an F1 team (Javier Bardem), which in turn is an old friend of the protagonist.
He asks him to leave his retirement to become a mentor of Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris), A rookie with great talent from the Apex Grand Prix team. Both find a synergy and begin to work together to achieve success.
The film, whose budget was 300 million dollars, is an Apple Studios and Plan B Entertainment project, the Pitt producing company. Internationally, it is distributed through Warner Bros. Pictures.
To play your characters, Damson and Brad had to drive cars of formula 3 and formula 2 in the Paul Ricard circuit in France.
The filming was carried out on tracks such as Hungaroring, Spa-Francorchamps, Monza, Zandvoort, Suzuka, Autodrome Hermanos Rodríguez, Las Vegas, Yas Marina and 24 hours of Daytona.
The production was one of those affected by the strike of screenwriters and actors of 2023, since he had to stop his filming in July of that same year. At that time, the idea had already been in development for almost two years.
In addition to Damson Idris y Brad Pittthe cast is completed with Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies, Javier BardemSarah Niles, Samson Kayo, Joseph Balderrama and Lewis Hamiltonwho is automobile pilot in real life.
The premiere of F1 is set for next June 26 In Latin America. It is expected that after its projection in cinemas, the title joins the platform catalog Apple TV+ Like its previous original productions.
