Exclusive: Plan B: 'Fame made new film Ill Manors harder to make'

Plan B has revealed that his success added pressure to the making of his new film.

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: