Joseph Kosinski’s costly new blockbuster “F1” facilities very attentively on Sonny Hayes, a 60-year-old racecar driver performed by Brad Pitt. Sonny seems to be down on his luck, as he lives in a van, and solely makes ends meet by profitable races right here and there. Though he does not have a really strong profession, Sonny appears content material. He ostensibly has a playing downside, nevertheless it by no means presents any critical obstacles for him. At first of the movie, Sonny’s outdated good friend Ruben (Javier Bardem) reappears in his life, saying that his abilities are wanted. Ruben leads a Method One racing group that has been repeatedly shedding, and Sonny’s old-man expertise — to not point out his maverick-like, devil-may-care attitudes — are required to whip the group into form.
Sonny takes the job and meets the pit crew. Notably, he turns into the coach of Noah (Damson Idris), a talented driver, however a cocky hotshot. He additionally begins a clumsy romance with Kate (Kerry Condon), the group’s technical director. He offers encouragement to the younger Jodie (Callie Cooke), seemingly a newb, who solely must be guided slightly extra intently. It isn’t lengthy earlier than everybody involves admire and lionize Sonny. A few of them even start carrying their socks like him; Sonny thinks mismatched socks are fortunate.
The primary to don the mismatched socks is the group’s chief mechanic, Dodge. Dodge is performed by an actor named Abdul Salis, and he will certainly look acquainted. Though it has been 22 years since its launch, some could acknowledge him because the character of Tony in Richard Curtis’ trendy Christmas traditional “Love Really.” Tony was, to remind readers, one of the best good friend of Colin (Kris Marshall) who had grow to be fed up with relationship British ladies and was decided to maneuver to America, hoping that American ladies would discover him fascinating and horny merely due to his Britishness.
Abdul Salis performed Tony in Love Really
The gag of “Love Really” is that Colin is confirmed right; when he arrives in America, he chats up a number of overwhelmingly enticing younger ladies in a bar, they usually do certainly discover him irresistible. Colin returns to England on the finish of the movie to introduce his American girlfriend Harriet (Shannon Elizabeth) to Tony, who’s shocked. Tony additionally meets Harriet’s American good friend Carla (Denise Richards), who’s immediately interested in him and who virtually begins making out with him in public. Abdul Salis is hilarious in his small position, offering a logical voice of incredulity to Colin’s wild claims.
Salis is healthier recognized in his native England the place he performed the paramedic Chris in 65 episodes of the very long-running medical drama “Casualty,” presently in its thirty ninth season. It is the longest-running primetime medical drama in TV historical past (though it does not maintain a candle to America’s daytime cleaning soap opera “Basic Hospital”). Salis appeared principally within the present’s 2008 and 2009 seasons, after his “Love Really” gig. He additionally had roles in TV reveals like “Physician Who,” “M.I. Excessive,” “Father Brown,” and “Laborious Cell.” Extra just lately, he appeared as Eamon Valda within the high-profile Amazon Prime Video TV sequence “The Wheel of Time.” That present was sadly canceled.
On movie, one might need heard Salis’ voice within the latest Disney blockbuster “Mufasa: The Lion King,” whereby he performed the lion Chigaru. On digital camera, Salis had a notable position within the 2006 historic drama “Flyboys,” taking part in real-life World Warfare I pilot Eugene Jacques Bullard. The earlier 12 months, he additionally had a supporting half in Breck Eisner’s infamous bomb “Sahara,” starring Matthew McConaughey, Penélope Cruz, and Steve Zahn. Salis seems to settle in British tv, sometimes straying into the realm of mainstream studio fare; “F1” is simply his newest go to. His affable nature, skilled acumen, and good-looking face will doubtless get him work for years to come back.
