Brad Pitt in the Super Bowl 2025 video.Photo:FOX
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Brad Pittshared a special message at the2025 Super Bowl!
The actor, 61, called for America to “huddle up” in a prerecorded video that aired during the opening of the Big Game on Sunday, Feb. 9 before the match between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles.
“By lifting others, that’s how we rise up,” Pitt said in the video. “We, the people. Today, we come together, not just these players and coaches or these teams and sides. We, all of us, the dreamers, the warriors, the builders and believers. Brought together to celebrate our greatest game.”
The actor continued to pay tribute to the symbolic “huddle” formation.
“It’s in our collective spirit, not just in the highest times, but in the hardest, in the darkness and the trouble and the struggle,” he added as voiceovers of newscasters discussing Hurricane Helene and the wildfires in Los Angeles were heard. “It’s there in our unity that we form hope and find strength.”
Brad Pitt in the Super Bowl 2025 video.FOX
TheOnce Upon a Time in Hollywoodstar concluded with a call-to-action: “Today, we celebrate the urgency of now, the thrill of what’s next, the glory of this game, and we do it as one. It’s time, America, to huddle up. It’s time for the Super Bowl.”
Pitt has been hard at work on hisupcoming high-speed racing filmF1. The movie, set to hit theaters June 27,debuted a new trailer at the Big Gamethat showcased new footage of the two-time Oscar winner behind the wheel.
Snowfallstar Damson Idris, 33, plays race car driver Joshua Pearce of the fictional APXGP team, whom Pitt’s Sonny Hayes comes out of retirement to mentor. The pair eventually become teammates. The movie was filmed “during actual Grand Prix weekends as the team competes against the titans of the sport,” according to Warner Bros.
Speaking toVanity Fairlast summer, Idris had nothing but great things to say about his costar’s ability to accurately portray a Formula 1 driver.
Brad Pitt in the upcoming “F1” movie is seen on a movie set ahead of Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit on Dec. 5, 2024 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty
Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty
“I don’t know if people know this, but he is really good behind that car. Really good. Too good almost. He makes me nervous how good he is,” theChildren of Blood and Boneactor told the outlet in a July 2024 interview.
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Pitt is among many celebrities who have come out for the Super Bowl, includingJay-Z and his daughterswithBeyoncé, Blue Ivy, 13, and Rumi, 7.
Viewers can expect much more A-list entertainment in the form ofTaylor Swiftcameos,star-studded commercialsand a highly-anticipated halftime performance fromKendrick Lamarand guestSZA.
The Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles are facing off in the 2025 Super Bowl, airing on Fox on Sunday, Feb. 9.
source: people.com
