Actor Keanu Reeves in driver’s seat for new Cadillac documentary series
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Keanu Reeves is to present a multi-episode production that will focus on the team’s development of staff, cars and race team through a two-year process.
PHOTO: AFP
SILVERSTONE, United Kingdom – Hot on the heels of American actor Brad Pitt’s recent film F1: The Movie, another Hollywood star is set to front a behind-the-scenes series on Cadillac’s journey to join the Formula One grid in 2026.
Canadian actor Keanu Reeves, a motorsport fan, is to present a multi-episode production that will focus on the team’s development of staff, cars and race team through a two-year process.
Cadillac was confirmed as the sport’s 11th team for 2026 in March.
Reeves, 60, presented the Emmy-winning 2023 documentary on former Formula One director Ross Brawn’s eponymous team’s success in beating the odds to win the title in 2009.
The star of Hollywood action film franchises such as John Wick (2014 to present) and The Matrix (1999 to 2021) said he felt honoured and excited to tell the Cadillac story and “bring audiences into the heart of this journey and to showcase what it takes to participate in one of the most exclusive sports arenas in the world”.
Reeves, who has an extensive collection of motorcycles and has taken part in a professional car race, the Toyota GR Cup, in Indianapolis, US, is not expected to follow Pitt’s example and sample the thrill of driving an F1 car.
Pitt, 61, who reached a top speed of 317kmh in a test in Austin, Texas, in June, said recently that he wanted to “go back... I want to hit 322kmh”.
McLaren boss Zak Brown, whose team supplied the car Pitt drove, said he expected to see him return and repeat the experience.
In F1: The Movie, which has earned US$399 million (S$513 million) at the global box office, the actor plays a Formula One driver who comes out of retirement to mentor and team up with a younger driver (Damson Idris) to save an underdog team from collapse. AFP
