Farm opens gates to film crews for Brad Pitt’s latest F1 movie
4th July 2025
Buckinghamshire farmer Richard Heady took diversification to a new level, with filming for the Brad Pitt movie F1 taking place over three days at his and a neighbour’s farms.
Those who have seen the recently released F1 movie, starring Brad Pitt, could spot farmer Richard Heady as he makes a cameo appearance helping move cattle across a country road.
Filming took place at his 1,000-acre farm, and a neighbouring farm, nearly two years ago and the film was released in late June, having been delayed by the actors’ strike over AI. Cattle were brought onto the mixed farm from Dorset for the scene.
Speaking to Farmers Guide, Richard, of WF Heady & Sons, said: “It was such a short scene but they had the road shut for about three days, they had catering units up there, car parks and makeup and all sorts going on, and the helicopter shots. It was really interesting to be involved with.”
Sharing one story from filming he recalled when producers wanted to take the car to the art department to add the appearance of mud. “My wife sent them up a farm track and said ‘there’s a puddle up there just go and drive through a few times.’”
Filming was taking place near to the Milton Keynes farm and the production company were looking for a country road, so they approached Richard via a neighbour.
“We were very lucky [filming] came in between harvesting the barley and starting on the wheat, so it was perfect timing and meant I had a day or two to spend up there with them.
“I did a lot of moving stuff around with a loader and provided hurdles for the cattle.”
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Good conversations about British farming
Commenting on meeting Brad Pitt, Richard said: “He was very cool. He wasn’t overly talkative, but he was very happy to have a brief chat.
“Being a farmer, I tried to explain to him about the field of beans that were surrounding him and what they were going to be used for, and he didn’t seem overly interested in that. But he did say he’d never worked with livestock before.
“His co-star Kerry Condon was really interested in the cattle. She came over between scenes and was asking about them.”
He added: “It’s nice to do something different, meet different people. There was a lot of people who didn’t know anything about farming and we had some really good conversations with them about British-grown food and how livestock actually have an important role in the countryside.”
He credited Just Farmers – a community interest company that offers media training to farmers and links them with journalists – for giving him the courage to “say yes to mad opportunities.”
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