United Kingdom, June 10 -- Brad Pitt craved the approval of motorsport fans while filming F1.

The 61-year-old actor plays a Formula One driver in the new racing film, and Brad admits that having the support of sports fans means "everything" to him.

He told 'Extra': "If we didn't pass their bar, then we were dead, you know?

"And to get that kind of, I don't know, response means a lot to us, because we have, again, so much respect for these drivers, for this sport, for everyone, the teams, everything they put into it. They made the movie too. They're a big part of the film."

Brad was always confident that the Joseph Kosinski-directed movie would win over the sceptics.

He explained: "I felt pretty confident in what we have.

"You know, ...