The writer of an indie film starring Michelle Keegan - dubbed an 'awful Salford-set Shameless rip-off' - and slammed for its use of 'vile stereotypes' has defended the movie after it shot to number nine on Netflix's most viewed.
Chris Green, 55, from Lower Broughton, Salford, directed and wrote the 2018 dark comedy 'Strangeways Here We Come', which centres around a group of council-estate residents dealing with an ‘evil’ loan shark, played by Stephen Lord, and their plot to strike back.
Following its release, it received zero stars from the Times - and a one-star review by The Guardian, which described the film as an 'awful Salford-set Shameless rip-off'.
