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The actors in the film drive not a real Formula One car, but a Formula Three car, but the car body is disguised and changed to look like F1.
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When Peter Morgan originally wrote the script, he didn't arrange any racing scenes because he thought the film would be a very small production, and the "race" was not on the track, but between the personalities of the two protagonists.
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Chris Hemsworth lost 14 kilograms in order to play Hunter.
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Daniel Bruch wears a special set of braces in the film to mimic the facial features of Nicky Lauda with some buck teeth.
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Peter Morgan’s wife is an Austrian and Nicky Ronda’s hometown. It facilitated Morgan’s approach to the legendary Niki Lauda. They ate together in a restaurant in Vienna many times.
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The 1976 Hunter-Rhonda match shown in the film was the last time the German Northern Circuit was used as an F1 venue. After that, it withdrew from the F1 stage because the track was too dangerous.
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When Chris Hemsworth auditioned for Hunter, he hadn't finished filming "The Avengers", but Ron Howard was so impressed with him that he immediately gave him the role.
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The film is the second collaboration between director Ron Howard and gold medal screenwriter Pete Morgan after "Dialogue Nixon."
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Russell Crowe was expected to star in the film, the well-known British actor Richard Burton.
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Paul Greengrass was expected to direct the film, but he later directed another highly acclaimed film "Captain Phillips" in 2013.
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Although there are some distorted facts in the film, the F1 industry insiders spoke highly of the film, and it received standing applause in the "jury" composed of real drivers, team leaders and team leaders.
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Extended Reading
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[last lines]
Niki Lauda: Of course he didn't listen to me. For James, one world title was enough. He had proved what he needed to prove. To himself and anyone who doubted him. And two years later, he retired. When I saw him next in London, seven years later, me as a champion again, him as broadcaster, he was barefoot on a bicycle with a flat tire, still living each day like his last. When I heard he died age 45 of a heart attack, I wasn't surprised. I was just sad. People always think of us as rivals but he was among the very few I liked and even fewer that I respected. He remains the only person I envied.
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[first lines]
Niki Lauda: Twenty five drivers start every season in Formula One, and each year two of us die. What kind of person does a job like this? Not normal men, for sure. Rebels, lunatics, dreamers. People who are that desperate to make a mark, and are prepared to die trying. My name is Niki Lauda, and racing people know me for two things. The first is my rivalry with him.
[James Hunt]
Niki Lauda: I don't know why it became such a big thing. We were just drivers busting each other's balls. To me this is perfectly normal, but other people saw in differently. That whatever it was between us went deeper. The other thing I'm remembered for is what happened on 1st August 1976, when I was chasing him like an asshole...