MEET MOLLY McQUEEN

How did this all come about?

Ford wanted a third-generation McQueen to introduce the third-gen Bullitt Mustang. I’m only the eighth person to sit in the original car, I think. It smells like… history, like a car should smell.

What was it like growing up knowing you had the coolest grandfather in the world?

I don’t want to sound jaded but I grew up in LA, among lots of celebrities, so my grandpa was always just… my grandpa. There were lots of stories about him, like most people have about their grandparents, but they were really cool stories, y’know.

Was there cool memorabilia around the house?

Oh yeah. There was an old Bullitt script in a drawer, covered in Steve’s hand-written annotations, with line after line of dialogue crossed out. Which is something most actors never do, because you want more to say and do, not less.

Which of your grandfather’s films is your favourite?

The Cincinnati Kid. When I was younger, it would have been The Towering Inferno. And I’ve watched Le Mans, too. He crossed a lot of lines of dialogue out in that one, too. I guess he thought, “I can say this line with my eyes...”