Amy Winehouse’s family had no involvement in new biopic, says director Sam Taylor-Johnson

The Nowhere Boy director has insisted she would not have made the biographical film, which was officially sanctioned by the singer's estate, if the family had any say in the final edit. "It was important to meet with them out of respect," she told Empire magazine. "But they have no involvement in terms of... like, they couldn't change things. They couldn't dictate how I was to shoot. Otherwise, I wouldn't have done it." "The important thing for me was not to have any of that noise in my sphere while making the film," she continued...