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

You may’ve seen that, based on the latest trailer for the upcoming blockbuster “F1”, Esteban Ocon has not less than one pivotal scene, colliding with Brad Pitt’s character at Abu Dhabi. However earlier than that film arrives this summer time, the French driver has quietly made his large display debut in a barely smaller venture: with a cameo function in Netflix romcom “Lune de Miel avec ma Mère” (“Honeymoon Crasher” for many who failed French 101), which arrived on the streamer this previous week. For these holding tabs, which means Ocon now has as many IMDB filmography credits as Formula 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 foundation of the onscreen chaos. To not spoil the plot, but it surely’s Damien who breaks up the couple by calling Élodie throughout her wedding ceremony reception. She runs exterior and jumps into Ocon’s Alpine A110 automotive — some stable 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 underneath the impression Damien was a automotive mechanic. (Ocon’s received 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 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, plainly you noticed me in a sure trailer a couple of days in the past. So sure, it was me, I performed in a brand new movie on Netflix, it is referred to as ‘Lune de Miel avec ma Mère’ and it is already obtainable.”

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