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Back to Black star Jack O'Connell defends controversial Amy Winehouse biopic and claims singer's dad 'wanted to deck him' when he was dressed as her former husband Blake Fielder-Civil


The actor, 33, plays the hitmaker's estranged husband Blake Fielder-Civil in the movie alongside Industry's Marisa Abela , 27, as Amy.

The actor, 33, plays the star's husband Blake Fielder-Civil in the upcoming film alongside Industry's Marisa Abela, 27, as Amy - who tragically died from alcohol poisoning aged just 27 in 2011. Amy tragically died from alcohol poisoning at the age of just 27 in July 2011, after struggling with substance abuse, mental illness and addiction (Pictured with Dad Mitch in 2006) Friends voiced their fury with her father, after he allowed ghoulish scenes of Amy's drugs overdose to be filmed at her old flat (Marisa pictured with Eddie Marsan as Mitch Winehouse)

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