{"id":2676,"date":"2019-11-29T15:48:40","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T15:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=2676"},"modified":"2019-11-29T15:48:40","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T15:48:40","slug":"hamilton-reluctantly-turned-down-role-in-top-gun-sequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=2676","title":{"rendered":"Hamilton reluctantly turned down role in Top Gun sequel!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lewis Hamilton was forced to turn down an opportunity to enter Hollywood with a sonic bang, the Briton declining a role in the upcoming blockbuster <em>Top Gun: Maverick<\/em> because of his hectic F1 schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton has never denied his acting aspirations, having enjoyed in the past a minor cameo appearance in Ben Stiller&#8217;s <em>Zoolander 2.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>But the five-time world champion&#8217;s involvement in the <em>Top Gun<\/em> sequel starring Tom Cruise would have apparently involved more screen time than just a brief appearance according to <em>ESPN<\/em>.<\/p>\n<ul>\nVettel backs Hamilton&#8217;s green beliefs, but Verstappen wants his meat\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;I was trying to get in Top Gun because I&#8217;m a massive fan of Top Gun, but I didn&#8217;t have time to do any filming,&#8221; Hamilton told <em>ESPN&#8217;<\/em>s Laurence Edmondson.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I had an opportunity to do it and I couldn&#8217;t do it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton isn&#8217;t giving up on his Hollywood ambitions, having contracted with an agent to represent his interests in Tinseltown and even putting together an audition tape to showcase his talent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I do want to do it,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I auditioned for a movie a while ago and it took one day to learn the role.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had a fashion show in Paris, and I probably had maybe four or five shows to go to, so in between I quickly changed and saw this [acting] coach, and I saw her for 20 minutes and we quickly went through one part and then I went to a show and came back and went through another part.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By the end of the day I had to record a video to send it to Los Angeles &#8212; it was so cool!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton&#8217;s future in F1 beyond 2020 is currently uncertain but for now all signs point to an extension of his contract with Mercedes, meaning that he&#8217;ll need to put his acting desires on the backburner until he&#8217;s done with F1.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I definitely don&#8217;t have time for movies [right now],&#8221; he said. &#8220;It would take up my whole winter, so I wouldn&#8217;t get a break, so that&#8217;s the difficult thing that I&#8217;m struggling with right now.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you saw my calendar &#8230; it&#8217;s super heavy-loaded and I&#8217;m trying to take days out to give myself some time back, so I can be the best that I can be here [in F1]. So it is just trying to find a balance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the end of the year, you really want to soak up the relaxation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have all these things I want to do. I want to design that, work on my music &#8212; but that means time away from family and time away from training and all these different things.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old F1 star also knows that he&#8217;ll likely require a fair amount of coaching to make an impression on the big screen.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know if I&#8217;m going to be good at acting,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know if I am ever going to be good at movies, but I&#8217;ll give it a try. You look at a lot of people that do it and they are not really good.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know in anything, whatever it may be, to master a craft it takes so much time and effort. But because I have experienced it in Formula One, I understand that and appreciate that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So I know if I do movies, I have to put so much work in and have so much ground to cover. I don&#8217;t know if I will ever have time for that because the fashion stuff is also going to take a lot of my time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gallery: The beautiful wives and girlfriends of F1 drivers<\/p>\n<p><em>Keep up to date with all the F1 news via <\/em><em>Facebook<\/em><em> and <\/em><em>Twitter<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lewis Hamilton was forced to turn down an opportunity to enter Hollywood with a sonic bang, the Briton declining a role in the upcoming blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick because of his hectic F1 schedule. 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