Country songstress Taylor Swift won't appear in the hotly-anticipated One Direction movie 'This Is Us'.

Swift and band member Harry Styles enjoyed a high-profile relationship for a few months, but the stunning singer won't be featured in the upcoming film as the pair split before shooting began.

The movie's director Morgan Spurlock explained to Teen Vogue: ''It gets frustrating for them at times, because suddenly stuff gets printed that isn't even true, I saw an article that said, 'Harry Styles demands Taylor Swift be taken out of the movie.' But by the time we started filming in January, they had already split up.''

'This Is Us' producer Ben Winston says fans won't be disappointed by the exciting content though.

He says the group - also comprising Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne - were naturals in front of the camera.

He revealed: ''The doc of what's happened to them over the last few years is more exciting than any script writer could ever write or come up with. So, therefore, you've already got a wonderful story that you're able to tell.

He added: "And Morgan and myself and all of the team have done a job of portraying that really and showing who the boys are, what they've gone through, both the ups and the downs, within that.'' Watch a trailer for 'This Is Us' here: