Steve was a man of many talents. As a talented driver and actor blessed with a very particular skill-set - no man has ever quite pulled off the ‘vulnerable tough guy’ look quite like him since - he also possessed a ferocious single mindedness.



This determination and drive to succeed at any cost would often manifest itself in obsession, not least so when the King of Cool started filming for ‘Le Mans’ at the Circuit de la Sarthe.

It was well known by this time that Steve was hankering to make what he could often be heard describing as the ‘ultimate racing film’. He’d already tried and failed to bring Formula One to the big screen, and ‘Le Mans’ represented perhaps the best chance of having the driver’s side of the story told. After all, McQueen was at the top of his game, a mega watt movie star with a string of box office hits under his belt already. And, after enlisting a roster of top driving talent and moving wife and children, Neile, Chad and Terry, to France to join him on location, Steve was fully committed to realising his lifelong dream. What could possibly go wrong?

Well, everything…