Gran turismo was based on jann. Webthe answer, eventually, was yes, but mardenborough had to test himself first. He wanted to put on a helmet, strap into his seat, and feel the psychological. Weboriginally, the idea was to tell the story of lucas ordóñez, the spanish race car driver who entered professional racing by winning a spot at gt academy, the. Webin an interview with vice in 2013, mardenborough reflected on his unusual start in the sport and said that he decided to put all his energy into gt academy. It’s a true story that, if you’d. Webthe movie—which is now streaming on netflix and stars archie madekwe as mardenborough, orlando bloom, and david harbour—tells a dramatized version of how a teenaged mardenborough beat more than. But we asked jann mardenborough about what changed.