LEWIS HAMILTON’S acting debut has become a £240million Money Pitt.

The Formula 1 legend will feature in Brad Pitt’s much-delayed movie – with the budget now equal TWELTH in the all-time list for films.

Lewis Hamilton is set to add to his colourful career with a movie role
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Lewis Hamilton is set to add to his colourful career with a movie roleCredit: Getty

Huge motorsport fan Brad Pitt is going ahead with his costly film
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Huge motorsport fan Brad Pitt is going ahead with his costly filmCredit: Splash
Hamilton said missing out a role in Top Gun: Maverick “broke my heart”.

But he will still go from Silverstone to the silver screen – and with the same director, Joseph Kosinski, as in Tom Cruise’s 2022 Top Gun sequel.

Hollywood great Pitt, 58, plays a veteran driver who comes out of retirement to mentor a young prodigy.

Established actors like James Bond villain Javier Bardem, Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies and Sarah Niles are also in the cast.