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A famous actor has made a shocking discovery about the Porsche Carrera GT that sheds new light on the supercar. Adrien Brody, who’s known for his roles in films like The Pianist and The Grand Budapest Hotel, was recently invited to work as an intern for Porsche at its headquarters. Of course, his experience is recorded in a short video documentary.
Man has a collection of Porsches in Sepia Brown.
When you’re a big Hollywood actor like Brody, you get access to all kinds of cool things regular folk can only dream about doing. While being an intern for Porsche at its headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany might not be high on the list of most, he of course isn’t treated like a true intern.
Instead, Porsche knows it has a celebrity’s star power to help spread some messaging and further galvanize the ranks of dedicated enthusiasts who either currently own a Porsche or are aspiring to own one in the future.
With the Carrera GT being one of the most storied Porsches in modern times, combined with the controversy of Paul Walker dying in one, it’s no surprise the automaker wanted to create some positive buzz around the thing.
That comes via a conversation in the documentary between Brody and Grant Larson, Porsche’s director of special projects. The man pulls out some concept sketches of the Carrera GT and shows them off to the actor.
Shockingly, Larson reveals how Porsche originally was going to make the Carrera GT a hardtop V10 supercar like so many others. At some point that was ditched for a roadster, setting it apart from the competition.
Some of the sketches are rather sci-fi-looking, while others have more of a morphed 911 appearance, similar to what Porsche did with the 959.
Brody tries to act really interested, but the guy doesn’t seem too shocked at what he’s viewing. Take a real Porsche enthusiast, put them in that position, and we guarantee there would be a lot more emotion.
But Brody has that star power Porsche must’ve thought would help improve its brand image. Personally, we think having an everyday Joe who loves Porsche working as an intern would’ve been so much more interesting.
Images via Porsche/YouTube
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