In his latest film American actor Adam Driver once again puts on an Italian accent to play the role of Formula 1 legend Enzo Ferrari in a new biopic directed by veteran Michael Mann, to air in the USA on Christmas day.
Set in 1957 in Modena, Italy, “Ferrari” focuses on a key period in the former racing driver’s life as he overcomes the death of his son, struggles to keep his company afloat and seeks to dominate the racetrack.

Driver, who played Italian fashion scion Maurizio Gucci in “House of Gucci”, takes on the lead role, with actress Penelope Cruz playing Ferrari’s wife, Laura. Driver told Reuters: “Definitely there was an added pressure because we were shooting it in Modena and the Ferrari iconography is very obvious as well as people reminding you on a daily basis how much Ferrari means to that area, not to mention Italy overall. So the pressure … was on to kind of get it right.”