Marisa Abela enjoyed a night out with her boyfriend Jamie Bogyo as they attended the screening of Back To Black in Paris on Monday.
The actress, 27, who plays Amy Winehouse in the biopic, looked glamorous for the evening in a long-sleeved black dress.
The garment featured a cutout detail as Marisa styled her brunette locks in loose waves for the event.
Her boyfriend Jamie, who is also an actor, looked dapper in a navy jacket and trousers which he teamed with an open white shirt.
Jamie trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and made his debut in Moulin Rouge!, originating the role of Christian in the West End.
Marisa Abela enjoyed a night out with her boyfriend Jamie Bogyo as they attended the screening of Back To Black in Paris on Monday.
The actress, 27, plays the late Amy Winehouse in the biopic.
Also attending the screening was Marisa’s co-star Jack O’Connell, who plays Amy’s boyfriend Blake Fielder-Civil in the film.
Jack opted for a light blue shirt paired with a pair of black pants, completing his look with a simple gold chain.
Back To Black, which has been endorsed by Amy’s father Mitch (played by Eddie Marsan), has sparked outrage from the singer’s friends, who criticized it for its “macabre” depictions of the girl’s drug addiction. star and also for filming his funeral.
Blake, who was married to the singer between 2007 and 2009, previously admitted introducing her to heroin and many of her fans hold her partly responsible for her death from alcohol poisoning.
In the trailer, Amy declares that she wants to be known for more than her singing and her desperation to be a mother, before sadly dying childless.
In an emotional scene, she describes Blake as “her life and her soul” before their on-again, off-again relationship inspires her to write the iconic song Back To Black.
Last year, Blake said she would have done “almost everything differently” in their relationship when she celebrated what would have been Amy’s 40th birthday.
Good Morning Britain hosts Susanna Reid and Ben Shephard asked Blake, who rarely gives interviews, what she would have done differently. He replied: “Almost everything.”
Marisa cut a glamorous figure for the evening in a long-sleeved black dress with a cut-out detail.
Marisa styled her brunette locks in loose waves for the event.
Her boyfriend Jamie, who is also an actor, looked dapper in a navy jacket and trousers which he teamed with an open white shirt.
He continued: ‘It’s sad, but I wanted to say happy birthday to Amy. It’s devastating that she’s not here. I think about her all the time, I thought about her this morning when I told her my happy birthday, she was my best friend.
‘If it weren’t for certain factors, I think the result could have been different. Everything happened very quickly for Amy. We were young.’
It comes after Amy’s father Mitch Winehouse, played by Eddie Marsan in the film, caused a stir when it was revealed he is backing the film, which has been criticized for “gross” depictions of the star’s drug addiction and also for filming his funeral. .
The star’s biopic has sparked outrage from friends, with musician Neon Hitch calling the film “ridiculous” and “in bad taste”, saying: “I feel very strange.” Could you please let Amy rest?’
Friends have vented their fury at their dad after he allowed macabre scenes of Amy’s drug overdose to be filmed in her old flat. Last February, Marisa was seen wearing an oxygen mask as she left the property in north London.
The flat is now owned by Mitch, who also appears in the scene, as Eddie was seen filming alongside Marisa and other actors playing paramedics.
At the time, Amy’s friends were devastated that her father had given permission to use the apartment in Camden to recreate one of his daughter’s darkest moments, which took place in August 2008.
A marathon 36-hour drug-taking session followed, ending with him being admitted to the £10,000-a-week Causeway Retreat rehabilitation center on Osea Island, Essex.
Also attending the screening was Marisa’s co-star Jack O’Connell, who plays Amy’s boyfriend Blake Fielder-Civil in the film.
Jamie trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and debuted in Moulin Rouge!, originating the role of Christian in the West End.
One told The Mail on Sunday: “The fact that Amy’s father gave the go-ahead to a scene in which she overdosed in the flat she lived in is disgusting.” It was so personal and it’s so disturbing and unnecessary…
“It’s like the movie is reliving all the darkest moments of her life, when there were so many more incredible moments. All we’re seeing is depressing things, but she wasn’t like that. Mitch should be ashamed.
‘His behavior is shocking. He didn’t know what happened or how she was with all of us during those years. Amy would really hate for them to focus on all the dark things she went through.
Amy lived in the flat until 2010, when she bought a four-storey house nearby, where she was found dead the following year.
It was later confirmed that he had died from alcohol poisoning.
The biopic has been teased for several years after Amy’s estate signed a deal to make a biopic about her life and career in 2018.
However, the film generated widespread controversy before its release, with many accusing the project of “exploiting the singer’s legacy” and “capitalizing on her trauma.”
Back To Black, which has been endorsed by Amy’s father Mitch (played by Eddie Marsan), has sparked outrage from the singer’s friends, who criticized it for its “macabre” depictions of the girl’s drug addiction. star and also for filming his funeral.
Fans have taken to social media to protest the film, saying they will boycott it because they believe people should “let it rest.”
Amy’s grieving friends have also spoken out against the biopic.
They think it’s too early to make a movie of this type and are furious that the film’s makers didn’t consult them about Amy’s life.
A source said: “It all feels very fast, almost like a smash and grab.”
They claim executives working on Back To Black have not been in touch to ask them about their memories of the late singer, raising fears the film is inaccurate.
One told The Mail on Sunday that they are also unhappy with Marisa’s casting because, despite the near-perfect wig she wears and identical tattoos, they don’t think she looks like the Rehab singer.
“No one consulted us about Amy,” the friend said. ‘How can it be authentic and accurate if you don’t know the real Amy or the truth about what she went through in her final years?’ We are against this and we are angry. “Amy was absolutely amazing.”