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One Direction are "not the murderers of music" says movie director

Morgan Spurlock (pictured left), the director of the lads' debut feature film 'This Is Us', has revealed that they're a great boyband and shouldn't be held responsible for the state of modern music.

During an interview about the boys' musical integrity and what it means to announce yourself as a fan of their songs, Spurlock explained that he grew to really enjoy their material after working so closely with One Direction for the movie:

"I've been to 35-plus One Direction concerts. You can't go to 35 shows and not be a fan. Well, you could but it would be infinitely more difficult. I don't think these guys are the murderers of music or the demons that have destroyed art. They didn't kill the radio star."

He also joked about how people have criticised the movie for showing an unusually 'squeaky clean' version of the heartthrobs' lives, but added that they're not really that wild: "I think people would love for them to be naked and strung out and hanging from a flagpole, but it's just not happening."

 

 

 

 

 

Watch Spurlock discuss the movie below: