Esteban Ocon makes his movie debut (however not in *that* film)

You may’ve seen that, based mostly on the most recent trailer for the upcoming blockbuster “F1”, Esteban Ocon has at the least one pivotal scene, colliding with Brad Pitt’s character at Abu Dhabi. However earlier than that film arrives this summer season, the French driver has quietly made his large display screen debut in a barely smaller challenge: with a cameo function in Netflix romcom “Lune de Miel avec ma Mère” (“Honeymoon Crasher” for individuals who failed French 101), which arrived on the streamer this previous week. For these maintaining tabs, meaning Ocon now has as many IMDB filmography credit as Formulation 1 podiums. 

The film revolves round Lucas, a younger man left on the altar by his then-fiancée, Élodie, for a suspiciously Esteban-Ocon-like man named Damien, performed by Ocon.

Very like in “F1,” Ocon’s function is the basis of the onscreen chaos. To not spoil the plot, but it surely’s Damien who breaks up the couple by calling Élodie throughout her marriage ceremony reception. She runs outdoors and jumps into Ocon’s Alpine A110 automobile — some strong product placement.

Later, Élodie Facetimes her ex from Damien’s work — the place it seems Ocon’s Damien is (get this) an F1 driver for Alpine. Lucas had been beneath the impression Damien was a automobile mechanic. (Ocon’s acquired some comedic timing: when Élodie tells his character that it’s Lucas on the cellphone, he responds in French, “Ouch, that sucks, poor man.”)

Eagle-eyed F1 followers will be aware that though a display screen on the storage says they’re at Monaco, the grandstands determine the observe because the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Later Élodie reveals that they’re going to the Miami Grand Prix the next weekend, so on this legendary universe there’s been a little bit of calendar reshuffling.

Ocon’s Damien disappears for the remainder of the movie, apart from displaying up in some selfies with Élodie that make Lucas jealous.

Ocon’s presence on this film was a sudden shock: Netflix France posted an Instagram story on 13 February, which the driving force shared and stated (in French): “So, evidently you noticed me in a sure trailer just a few days in the past. So sure, it was me, I performed in a brand new movie on Netflix, it is known as ‘Lune de Miel avec ma Mère’ and it is already out there.”

Ocon’s cinematic debut comes forward of his season debut with new crew Haas, alongside Oliver Bearman. Why Ocon’s stayed pretty mum in regards to the film is anybody’s guess, although it’s seemingly that his presence as an Alpine driver doesn’t completely line up along with his new crew’s PR plan.