One Direction showing fans This Is Us

They are five normal lads from across the UK but together they make the biggest boyband in the world.

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One Direction Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne and Harry Styles at a photocall to promote their new film This Is Us

Not content with a string of hit singles, top selling albums and a sell-out arena tour, One Direction are now taking over the silver screen too.

August 29 will see the launch of their fly-on-the-wall style documentary film This Is Us, giving fans unprecedented access behind the scenes of the band. And as they faced the world’s media to promote the 93-minute film, One Direction were in high spirits.

There was much whooping and chattering among them as the five band members made their way out to speak to the press, led by Wolverhampton’s very own Liam Payne.

It was, Liam later explains, their first job together after a few days off. And by the looks of it, they were happy to be back together.

“We’ve just come back to work from a few days off,” says Liam, who hails from Bushbury.

“Whenever we all get back together the loudest person in the room is always Louis.

“The first thing I heard this morning was ‘oi,oi’.

“We do miss each other during time off but we do spend a lot of time with each other during our days off too.”

There’s good chemistry among them – they good-naturedly mock Niall for his use of the word ‘demographic’, Louis causes them all to burst into laughter a few times, while Zayn finds himself the butt of a joke about how much he likes to sleep.

It is this chemistry, they say, that they wanted to capture on film for the fans to enjoy.

“We just wanted to show what we’re about,” explains Harry Styles.

“With social media there’s only so much you can get across, or in a 10-minute interview.

“This was a way to get across what we’re like with each other and it’s for the fans to see. That’s the kind of thing they want to see.”

The film follows One Direction as they perform on huge stages across the world. It even visits the lads in their home towns and meets their families too.

Liam’s mother Karen and dad Geoff both feature in the film, which traces the group’s rise from X Factor contestants to a band which sparks ‘Beatle-like mania’ wherever they go.

Even at the top secret press conference location in London, fans – known as Directioners – have found out their idols are there and are waiting eagerly outside in the hope of catching a glimpse. But for the One Direction boys, it is clear they know the fans have got them to where they are today