Adam Driver will be Enzo Ferrari

After stepping into the role of Maurizio Gucci in House of Gucci, Ridley Scott’s blockbuster snubbed at the 2022 Oscars, Adam Driver returns to impersonate an Italian character: the actor, known above all for having lent his face to Kylo Ren in the latest trilogy of Star Warsbut also for having worked on beautiful films like Hungry Hearts, Silence And Annette, it will, in fact, be Enzo Ferrari in the new film directed by Michael Mann. The film, which will be called Ferrariwill tell the story and life of the founder of the famous Maranello car manufacturer and will be enriched by a stellar cast that will involve, among others, Penélope Cruz And Shailene Woodley.

Adam Driver as Maurizio Gucci in House of Gucci

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The shooting of the film, which boasts a director of weight like Mann, already behind the camera of a masterpiece like Heat – The challenge, they should start in May in Italy and they will see Driver in the role of Ferrari – at first it seems that Mann had thought of Hugh Jackman -, Cruz in that of his wife Laura and Woodley in that of his mistress Lina Lardi.

Matt Damon and Adam Driver in a scene from The Last Duel by Ridley Scott

Patrick Redmond

“Being able to have these extraordinary artists with me and bring these iconic characters back to life in the area of ​​Modena and Emilia Romagna where they lived is a dream that finally comes true,” said Mann, who had long had the idea of ​​shooting a film dedicated to the figure of Enzo Ferrari. The biopic will be the adaptation of Brock Yates’ book Enzo Ferrari – The man and the machine and will focus mainly onsummer of 1957the year in which the company was about to go bankrupt and Ferrari decided to bet everything on One thousand milesa race won by Ferraris, but marred by a tragic accident.

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