Whereas talking with Folks, director Joseph Kosinski defined why Ashley’s function within the System 1 racing drama was faraway from the ultimate minimize. Per the outlet, the actress’ function was decreased to a quick cameo, and she or he not has any strains.

Amid fan outrage over Ashley’s function being minimize, Kosinski addressed the choice.

“It occurs on each movie, the place you must shoot greater than you should use. There have been two or three storylines that in the end did not make into the ultimate minimize,” he mentioned.

“However Simone, she’s an unimaginable expertise, unimaginable actress, unimaginable singer, and I might like to work together with her once more,” he added.

In July 2024, it was introduced that Ashley had joined the solid of F1 alongside Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, Javier Bardem, Kerry Condon, and extra.

F1 follows Sonny Hayes (Pitt), who comes out of retirement to hitch the struggling F1 workforce of his former teammate (Bardem), and is tasked with driving alongside rookie Joshua “Noah” Pearce (Idris).

Ashley has not addressed her function being minimize from the sports activities motion drama, and didn’t attend the F1 world premiere on Monday night time.

Whereas she has not participated within the press tour, the Bridgerton star expressed her gratitude for getting the chance to star within the movie in an interview with Elle that was revealed earlier this month.

Ashley mirrored on her expertise capturing the movie.

“That was loopy. I’ve a really small half, however I’m grateful to be in that film,” she shared. “I bought to expertise many Grands Prix. I do not assume I am going to ever do something like that once more.”

Manufacturing on the F1 movie lasted years, going down throughout Grand Prix weekends in 2023 and 2024.

Whereas talking with Who What Put on in March, Ashley mentioned she “met” for the movie earlier than Bridgerton Season 2 was launched in March 2022, sharing that filming on F1 wrapped in December 2024.

“It has been a very long time, and you understand, it is Damson and Brad’s film. I am simply so grateful that I will be a part of it, and yeah, we have toured with the Grand Prix. We had been filming at the true races,” she mentioned.

Ashley went on to open up in regards to the logistics of filming a film like F1.

“You needed to work as a workforce. Generally, we actually had one take for sure photographs. Like, you’d see on the decision sheet eight minutes to get this one factor as a result of we had been capturing alongside the races,” she mentioned.

In the end, Ashley described the expertise as “one of many craziest issues” she’s ever been part of.

“Oh, it was superb, the adrenaline,” she informed the outlet. “It was form of like theater. It felt so stay.”

“I am fascinated by it now,” she added. “[It’s just] the [craziest] factor I believe I’ve ever accomplished in my life. You hear the group and the fireworks and the vehicles. The whole lot’s simply so fast-paced and noisy, and we’re all collectively as a bit unit.”

F1 hits theaters June 27.