Chris Morris: 'No concessions with Lions'

Chris Morris has said that the people who helped fund his upcoming movie Four Lions understood that he was not trying to make trouble with the film.

The comedy about four Muslim men from northern England who plan a terror attack premiered at Sundance last weekend.

Morris told Film4: "Considering how much it's influencing the world at the moment, people know incredibly little about this subject.

"When it came to funding, a lot of people were unable to think beyond their jumpy gut reaction. The people who ended up funding the film were those who could spot the difference between what we were doing and the desire to cause trouble."

He added: "They could see the film was not racist, was not attacking a culture, but may just be suggesting that killing people is not a good idea.

"So we made no concessions. Anyone who wanted to 'change the ending' got very short shrift."

Morris has described the Warp Films/Film4 feature as one which shows the "Dad's Army side to terrorism".