STARS of the Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black hit the red carpet for the premiere in London tonight — in suitably sombre outfits.
Actress Marisa Abela, who plays Amy, and male lead Jack O’Connell posed in black outfits at the Odeon Luxe in Leicester Square.
Marisa, 27, known for her role in hit BBC Two and HBO series Industry, portrays troubled Amy as the film charts her rise from her early days in Camden, North London, to global superstar.
Skins star Jack, 33, plays her former husband Blake Fielder-Civil as the movie depicts their tumultuous relationship.
The film has divided the soul singer’s fans and friends since it was announced.
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It has drawn criticism for “ghoulish” depictions of her drink and drug addiction leading up to her death in 2011 at the age of 27.
But Jack defended the project, saying everyone was determined to do Amy and her memory justice.
One of the producers, Alison Owen, said ahead of the premiere: “People who die young become overly defined by that death rather than their life.
“Amy was fragile in some ways but she was also strong. She was not a candle in the wind, she was a blowtorch.”
Its director Sam Taylor-Johnson, 57, arrived in a black dress with leather-jacket clad husband Aaron Taylor-Johnson, 33 — hotly tipped to be the next James Bond.
Amy’s dad Mitch Winehouse looked relaxed in black suit and tie, with ex-wife Janis in dark floral.
Eddie Marsan, 55, who plays Mitch, was also in black as he smiled at the cameras.
The film is out on Friday.
