Amy Winehouse's Longtime Friend Slams New Biopic
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Tyler James, one of the singer's friends since childhood, shared some thoughts about Sam Taylor-Johnson's new film.
Amy Winehouse’s longtime friend and former roommate, Tyler James, is not pleased with the new biopic about the late singer.
James, who had been friends with Winehouse since they were children, told The Times in an article published Friday that he doesn’t like “Back to Black,” which hit theaters in the U.K. last month.
“There is this sense of Amy being coherent even when taking drugs, but there was so much suffering,” he told the British paper. “The film avoids the uncomfortable. I didn’t like it, and it was hugely triggering for me.”
James said that he believes the biopic spends too much time on Winehouse’s relationship with her ex-husband, Blake Fielder-Civil. The former couple, whose tumultuous and drug-fueled relationship often made headlines, wed in 2007 before divorcing two years later.
“It focuses way too much on Blake,” James said, adding that the “Rehab” singer “wouldn’t have liked the film.”