EXCLUSIVE: Brazilian actor Gabriel Leone has been set by director Michael Mann to play a key role in Ferrari, which is revving up for an August 1 production start in Italy.
Leone has just signed with CAA and joins a cast that includes Adam Driver in the title role, alongside Penélope Cruz and Shailene Woodley as the women in his life.The film is set during the summer of 1957, as the former race car driver turned magnate Enzo Ferrari staves off bankruptcy as he looks for salvation with a victory at the Mille Miglia, a treacherous 1000 mile race in which preeminent carmakers battle for bragging rights, with their drivers hurtling around twists and turns at 180 mph speeds.
In the backdrop, Ferrari battles with his wife and business partner Laura, as their marriage disintegrates over the mourning of their son, and the acknowledgment of another potential heir.Leone is playing Alfonso De Portago, who was one of Ferrari’s driving stars, and the epitome of the daredevil drivers of that era.
He was a handsome and wealthy Spanish aristocrat who captured Europe’s imagination and was a favorite to win the Mille Miglia and his results changed the race forever, but not in the way intended.
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