Jackie Stewart film to be shelved after wife objects to false affair storyline

A film depicting the life of Sir Jackie Stewart may be canned after his wife made objections to the scenes that depicted her having an affair with Stewart’s team-mate Francois Cevert.

The film that was set to be directed by William Pohlad and has been in development for three years but now looks to vetoed by Lady Helen Stewart. She, in an interview with Mail on Sunday, said “It was going to be a big film – but they wanted to say that I’d had an affair with Cevert… and I wouldn’t let them do it, because it wasn’t true.

It was probably the most exciting part of the film- if it was true. But it wasn’t. Francois was a great friend of ours, but they wanted to make something of it- which was crazy.”

“Francois was described as the most exciting man in France at that time. We had great fun with him, he loved the children, he loved everyone that we were with, he had a great girlfriend.

“But Jackie and I are childhood sweethearts and we have been happily married for 50 years. I met Jackie when we were 16 and we got married when I was 21. We have two children together and nine grandchildren.

“Anyway they’re not making the film. That’s the sole reason it’s scrapped – which seems a bit stupid to me seeing as it’s not true in the first place.”

Source: ESPN F1