F1 icons Hunt and Lauder go head-to-head in 'Rush'

VIENNA. September 6. KAZINFORM Two icons of Formula 1 racing are the heros in ‘Rush'. It is the true story of the great sporting rivalry between English playboy James Hunt and his brilliant opponent Austrian Niki Lauda.
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Speaking at the London premiere, director Ron Howard said the film had all the right ingredients: "Sex, danger, Formula 1, the 70s. I mean, these things all merge, you know, they collide - it's witty, it's funny. The characters surprise you in the way they entertain you. Look, it's a movie that I [would] really wanted to see."

Chris Hemsworth plays Hunt, who died aged 45 in 1993. The Australian actor said people are fascinated by the sport: "I think it's the thrill of death that these guys throw themselves into, and to either participate in something like that or to observe it, as someone in the crowd - as a fan - is just as thrilling half the time. And I think everyone gets swept up in it."

American actress Olivia Wilde enthused about her character in the film, James Hunt's first wife Suzy Miller: "She was amazing, fearless, glamorous, sexy, spontaneous. She went from being married to James Hunt to Richard Burton, so she's not afraid of a challenge."

German actor Daniel Bruhl, who shot to fame in ‘Goodbye Lenin', plays Niki Lauder. He remembered his first meeting with the former F1 champion.

"One day he called at 6 o'clock in the morning and it was hilarious, he said, ‘Well, I guess we have to meet now,' and I said ‘Yeah, that would be good,' ‘Just bring hand luggage to Vienna in case we don't like each other you can piss off,' and I said ‘Oh!' Fortunately I had to buy some extra clothes in Vienna because I stayed longer than expected. That is the way he is and that's what I admire about him, is his fearlessness."

Lauda was at the premiere, where he waxed nostalgic about his great rival: "The really sad thing about it is that James is not here anymore. If he would be here with me, then I would be really happy."

Rush is set after a catastrophic crash at the 1976 German Grand Prix as the two drivers prepared to clash again in Japan.

Source: EURONEWS

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