Plan B: 'Fame made new film Ill Manors harder to make'
Published Sep 22 2011, 14:08 BST | By Lewis Corner and Tom Mansell
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The singer - real name Ben Drew - said that the popularity of his Defamation Of Strickland Banks album made his new hip-hop musical film Ill Manners harder to make.
Plan B told Digital Spy: "Halfway through getting the film made, Strickland Banks came out and went 'bang'.
"Suddenly I was a popstar making a film as opposed to an artist - and I felt that. There were all kinds of bureaucracy."
Plan B conceded that his fame made some aspects of filmmaking easier as he had more influence, but expectations of the project were heightened.
"I was expected to make a film that the BBC could show on terrestrial television," he said. "My film had c**t written on every other page!"
He added: "I've then got the pressure to make this film for f**king BBC television."
Ill Manors was written and directed by Plan B and will star Riz Ahmed (Four Lions) and Natalie Press (My Summer Of Love). It is expected to open in early 2012.
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Watch Plan B talk about Ill Manners below:
Ironically this bloke has c**t written all over his face.
September 22nd 2011 at 6:45pm