Michael Fassbender details his passion for motorsports, saying he always felt “called to it”, in a new documentary short film series.
The X-Men actor, who is a keen circuit racer, spent 2019 racing in the Porsche Sports Cup Germany. The shorts, directed by his childhood friend Marco Conte, document his first race in front of a home crowd in 2019 at the Rally of the Lakes in Killarney, Co Kerry, to celebrate the event’s 40th anniversary.
They follow him from an early recce in a rental car around the winding stages, through to him taking on his first rally course.
Fassbender said: “All my early memories are around cars, it’s such an addictive hobby. I’ve always felt called to it. “Taking a corner, if the back wheels get off the gravel, it