TRAIN DRIVERS have reacted badly to the upcoming release of British film Three and Out starring Mackenzie Crook, and plan to protest at the UK premiere.
Crook (I Want Candy, Pirates of the Caribbean) stars in the comedy as a train driver looking for a volunteer to commit suicide under his train so he can claim compensation.
Aslef, the train drivers union, has criticised the film for its focus and union members plan to hand out leaflets outside the premiere in London’s Leicester Square.
The leaflets will read: “We hope you enjoy the movie tonight, but please remember that for train drivers like ourselves, deaths on the railway are never funny.”
They say they have received strong support from the public over their opposition to the film. General secretary Keith Norman said: “These incidents can mean life-changing traumas for drivers.”
The film’s distributors have defended and say that the issues were “handled sensitively”.
Crook said that he was disappointed that people were jumping to conclusions.
“They’re imagining we’ve made a very distasteful, bad-taste film, which we haven’t,” he said while promoting Three and Out in central London.
“Hopefully those people who have objected will go and see it and realise they have got the wrong end of the stick.”
The film is due for release on 25th April.
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