Simone Ashley’s Role Cut from Brad Pitt’s F1 Movie, Director Explains

Simone Ashley’s role in Brad Pitt’s upcoming F1 movie was cut.

The Bridgerton star, 30, who was cast in the film in 2024, was seen at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone Circuit last year when filming took place, but her role was being kept under wraps.

Director Joseph Kosinski has now explained that Simone will appear in the film, but she doesn’t have any lines. 

He told People: ‘It happens on every film, where you have to shoot more than you can use. There were two or three storylines that ultimately didn’t make into the final cut,

‘But Simone, she’s an incredible talent, incredible actress, incredible singer, and I would love to work with her again,’

F1, set to be released on June 27, has been in the works for years as Brad has been seen in Sin City, Abu Dhabi and Texas to meet drivers and film scenes.

Simone Ashley ‘s role in Brad Pitt ‘s upcoming F1 movie was cut

The Bridgerton star, 30, who was cast in the film in 2024, was seen filming but her role was being kept under wraps (Pictured with F1 legend Christian Horner) 

Pitt stars as a a retired driver ‘who returns to Formula 1 at APXGP, a fictional team on the grid, who comes back to to mentor and team with a younger driver, per a synopsis of the film.

He and Damson Idris, who plays his teammate Joshua Pearce, ‘compete against the titans of the sport.

The anticipated feature is directed by Joseph, who also helmed Top Gun: Maverick starring Tom Cruise – and is set to premiere in theaters in June 2025.

Despite the news, Simone is keeping busy with other projects as she recently revealed she will be back for season 4 of Bridgerton which has been filming in recent months.

The upcoming eight episodes will be adapted from the third book in Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series,An Offer from a Gentleman and will unfold the love story of Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson) and Sophie Baek (Yerin Ha).

After initially being excluded from the Season 4 cast list, it was unclear whether fan favourite Simone (Kate Bridgerton) would return, but the actress confirmed in an interview with Glamour she will be back.

‘I know that I am returning,’ she said. ‘I absolutely adore the show, and the more I can be a part of it, the better. They’ve been really kind to work around my schedule.’

Speaking to People, Simone also said we can expect to see plenty of her character and on-screen husband Anthony in season 4.

Director Joseph Kosinski has now explained that Simone will appear in the film, but she doesn’t have any lines

‘But Simone, she’s an incredible talent, incredible actress, incredible singer, and I would love to work with her again,’

Despite the news, Simone is keeping busy with other projects as she recently revealed she will be back for season 4 of Bridgerton which has been filming in recent months

Speaking to People, Simone also said we can expect to see plenty of her character and on-screen husband Anthony in season 4

‘Kate and Anthony are really special characters and I think what drew me and Jonathan to their relationship is how complex it is and how beautiful it is.

‘I think there’s always going to be something to love,’ the actress said.

Elsewhere, Simone declared that she’s in her ‘single era’ after revealing she had split from her boyfriend of three years – Constantin ‘Tino’ Klein, the boss of a company that organises ice races in Austria.

And it appears that the actress is channelling her struggles into music for her forthcoming debut pop album.

The Surrey-born actress, 29, says: ‘Sometimes I feel a song is storytelling and sometimes songs that were maybe written from a place of heartbreak end up being a dance cry banger.’

She adds: ‘One of my songs has been influenced by heartbreak. There was one song that was written from a place of heartbreak.

‘It was a really grey weekend when I was writing it, then when we went to the studio, the sun came out and I had a few months of distance from the song and it turned into something really positive.’