Adam Driver Comments on Playing 'Two Italians Back to Back': 'Who Gives a S---?'

Driver stars as Ferrari founder Enzo Ferrari in the newly released 'Ferrari,' and played businessman Maurizio Gucci in 2021's 'House of Gucci'

Adam Driver doesn't see an issue with playing two real-life Italians back to back.

Speaking with Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett on the most recent episode of the trio's SmartLess podcast, the 40-year-old actor addressed comments he has received about his two portrayals of Italian characters, first as Maurizio Gucci in 2021's House of Gucci and then as Enzo Ferrari in the newly released Ferrari.

“So many people have been like, ‘How many Italians ... ?’ I’m like, 'It’s just kind of worked out that way,' ” Driver said. “But I’m like, you know, it’s Ridley [Scott] and it’s Michael [Mann] and they’re, in my mind, some of the best filmmakers of all time. Who gives a s--- that it was two Italians back to back?”

The two-time Oscar nominee joked that the roles were "probably a good example of not being strategic in a way I probably should [have]," given that Ferrari and Gucci were both of Italian descent.

But still, Driver's “surprised how much it comes up." He explained, "[It’s like], ‘You have a thing,’ and I’m like, ‘It’s two! It’s two Italians!’ It’s just two."

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Driver stars as the Ferrari founder in the Mann-helmed biopic. Ferrari meets the motorsports icon in 1957, when he "is in crisis," according to an official synopsis.

The rest of the cast includes Patrick Dempsey, Penélope Cruz, Shailene Woodley, Jack O'Connell, Sarah Gadon and Gabriel Leone.

Back in November, a video on X (formerly known as Twitter) circulated showing Driver answering questions from audience members following a screening of his new movie at Poland's Camerimage Film Festival.

In the video, an audience member could be heard asking Driver for his thoughts on how the movie depicts car crashes. The audience member says one scene in question "looked harsh, rustic, and I must say, cheesy for me," before asking the actor, "What do you think?"

"F--- you, I don't know," Driver responded. "Next question." (A representative for Driver did not respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.)

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Driver previously appeared alongside Mann, 80, and Dempsey, 57, at the Venice Film Festival in September for Ferrari's world premiere.

At a press conference for the movie, Driver shared that while Dempsey, who got to drive vehicles during filming for his role as Ferrari racer athlete Piero Taruffi, the production "wouldn't let [Driver] drive the cars for insurance reasons."

"As I said before, making a movie is a miracle and they don’t want me touching the thing that’s the most expensive part," he said during that press conference. "I don’t drive the cars, except in pre-production we raced Ferraris — obviously, newer Ferraris, can’t afford the other ones. And then at the beginning, I’m not driving that one, it’s on a dolly."

"Again, they don’t trust me with small pieces of equipment. Big pieces of equipment like sandwiches, they will let me handle," Driver joked.

Ferrari is in theaters now.

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