‘Throttled’ cast expands as Mia McKenna-Bruce joins racing romance

British actress Mia McKenna-Bruce has joined the cast of Throttled an upcoming romantic film from Amazon MGM Studios based on Lauren Asher’s bestselling Dirty Air book series.

British actress Mia McKenna-Bruce has joined the cast of Throttled an upcoming romantic film from Amazon MGM Studios based on Lauren Asher’s bestselling Dirty Air book series.

According to a report by Deadline, McKenna-Bruce will appear alongside Nicole Wallace, Josh Heuston and Julio Peña in the film adaptation. She is set to play Sophie Mitchell the daughter of a powerful figure in the racing industry and a popular character from Asher’s novels.

Sophie’s character features prominently in Collided the second instalment of the Dirty Air series.

Directed by Nzingha Stewart, Throttled centres on Maya Alatorre played by Wallace an ambitious young woman who joins her older brother portrayed by Peña on the Formula One racing circuit. Her life takes an unexpected turn when she falls for Noah Slade played by Heuston, who is both her brother’s teammate and his fiercest rival.

The story combines the high-pressure world of professional motorsport with a forbidden romance placing relationships and personal conflicts alongside the competitive atmosphere of Formula One racing.

Melissa Osborne has adapted the screenplay. The film’s producers include Max Handelman and Elizabeth Banks of Brownstone Productions, Jennifer Gibgot and Andrew Panay of Ethea Entertainment, and Garrett Grant. Author Lauren Asher and Alison Small are attached as executive producers.

Amazon MGM Studios announced its acquisition of the project for streaming earlier this month adding another popular romance novel adaptation to its upcoming slate.

McKenna-Bruce rose to wider prominence with her performance in Molly Manning Walker’s coming-of-age drama How to Have Sex. The film won the Un Certain Regard prize at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival while the actress received the BAFTA Rising Star Award and a lead performance award at the 2023 British Independent Film Awards.

Her upcoming projects include the dark comedy Everybody Wants to Fck Me*, opposite Taron Egerton which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. She is also set to portray Maureen Starkey the first wife of Ringo Starr in Sam Mendes’ upcoming The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event.

With its bestselling literary source Formula One backdrop and expanding cast Throttled is shaping up as a notable addition to Amazon MGM’s romance film lineup.