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Adam Driver will wave the green flag as the 2023 Indy 500 honorary starter

This Driver, however, won’t actually be driving.

Actor Adam Driver will play a key role in Sunday’s Indianapolis 500, the 107th running of one of the biggest motorsports events in the world.

While Driver won’t actually be driving, of course, the House of Gucci star will serve as the 2023 Indy 500 honorary starter. He joins a long list of celebrities who have helped kick off the high-profile event nicknamed “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.”

To officially start Sunday’s 500-mile race around Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s iconic 2.5-mile track, Driver — who’s known for other films like Marriage Story and Logan Lucky — be perched above the start-finish line to wave the green flag as Indy 500 pole winner Alex Palou leads the field into Turn 1.

Last year, Miles Teller had the honor, and before that, actors like Chris Hemsworth, Matt Damon and Christian Bale have been the Indy 500 honorary starter.

(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)

Driver is lucky: He’ll have perhaps the best view of the start of the race.

The 2023 Indy 500 is set for Sunday, and the green flag is scheduled to fly at 12:45 p.m. ET on NBC. Coverage begins at 9 a.m. ET on Peacock before moving to NBC at 11 a.m. ET.

If Adam Driver is going to be Reed Richards, here are our casting picks for the rest of the MCU’s Fantastic Four

Yes, we’re pulling some choices from the cast of “Top Gun: Maverick,” obviously.

It’s been nearly three years since news broke that Marvel Studios was finally developing a “Fantastic Four” film. We’ve seen the iconic superhero group on the big screen before, but not as part of the MCU (unless you count that one sequence from Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness).

We’ve already had a director change on the project, and MCU fans have been waiting at the edge of their seats for any sort of casting news.

This week, we got some hints as reports and rumors surfaced that the MCU is eyeing Adam Driver for the role of Reed Richards, aka Mr. Fantastic, the group’s leader.

The Emmy- and Oscar-nominated Driver hasn’t appeared in a comic book film or TV project before, but he’s no stranger for franchise productions as he starred as Kylo Ren in three Star Wars films. Driver seems sort of perfect for Reed Richards though – we know he can play a smart guy, and he can also play someone who can be a brazen know-it-all.

If Driver is going to be Reed Richards, we have some other ideas for the rest of the Fantastic Four cast…