Nicholas Hoult Appears at Red Sea Festival, Talks Desires to Make a Racing Movie

Nicholas Hoult has fallen in love with racing in real life and hopes to one day make a racing movie!

The 36-year-old actor opened up about his desires while appearing at the 2025 Red Sea International Film Festival on Monday (December 8) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

““I find [racing] very similar to acting, in some ways. It’s like an intense focus, but also this kind of flow state where it’s input, output. You’re just focusing on, like, what you need to look at, what’s happening, and then what you need to do too, and so they’re very similar in many ways. Like acting, you’re looking at the other person, seeing whatever it is, observing, and then hopefully the output comes naturally,” Nicholas told Variety.

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He also spoke about crashing during a race this year.

“So there’s a lot of similarities, but it’s also terrifying. I had my first crash at Daytona this year,” Nicholas continued. “That was a weird thing, because as I was spinning across the track, all I can remember thinking was, ‘Oh, this is what it feels like.’ You know, when you haven’t experienced something before and it’s happening, and it’s quick, but it’s happening, and you’re like, ‘Oh, this is it.’ And it’s not necessarily like a total fear, but it’s like, ‘Huh,’ because you can’t imagine what that feels like. So then when it happens, you go, ‘Oh, that’s the feeling … interesting.’”

FYI: Nicholas is wearing Prada for both appearances at the festival.