Damson Idris recalls accidentally spitting in 'F1' costar Brad Pitt's face: 'It was just dribbling down'

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Damson Idris says he had a "say it, don't spray it" moment on the set of his new film, F1.
In an interview Wednesday on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Idris — who plays a rookie Formula One driver named Joshua Pearce — recalled an embarrassing moment while shooting opposite his F1 costar Brad Pitt, who plays Pearce's mentor, Sonny Hayes.
"He is such a giving actor. We once did a scene where I had to scream in his face, and it was like the biggest scene for me. I was so nervous. And in between a take I spat in Brad Pitt's face," Idris admitted. "It was an accident! It was a rageful scene!"
The actor said that Pitt flinched a bit in surprise, but then just kept going with the scene. "In my head, I'm like, 'Oh my gosh, I spat in Brad Pitt's face! I'm gonna lose my job now,'" he joked. "I watched the spit the whole take, it was just there dribbling down [his face]."
Though Idris had never worked with Pitt before F1, the actor — who broke out in FX's long-running drama Snowfall — said he had a near-miss encounter with the Oscar winner years ago while working as an usher at the Lyceum Theater in London.
"One day Brad Pitt comes in to watch the play. And I'm at the back working, and I rush out, like, 'Oh my God, Brad Pitt's here!' And I don't catch him," Idris recalled. "I see blonde hair, blue jeans, and tan boots just walk out the door. And I said, 'Wow, one day, I'm going to work with him.'"
And spit on him, apparently.
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