Justin Bieber's personal drama delayed release of concert film
Justin Bieber's manager Scooter Braun delayed the release of the pop superstar's new concert movie until the end of the year (13) after the teen began hitting headlines for all the wrong reasons.
The Baby hitmaker has fallen foul of the law on multiple occasions amid reports of speeding inside the gated community of his Los Angeles home and defacing building walls with graffiti in Brazil and Australia, while he has also been showing up late at concerts and was caught urinating in a restaurant mop bucket - all in the space of a few months.
Braun claims the drama prompted Bieber's handlers to stall plans to
release the concert film over the summer (13) to give them time to
rework the project, and sit the singer down for an in-depth
interview with director Jon M. Chu to share his side of the
story.
And Chu pushed Bieber so close to the brink, he struggled to hide
his emotions on camera.
During an interview on news show Access Hollywood Live, Braun
explained, "I think he's going through normal teenage stuff and
he's trying to fight this idea of wanting to be normal, but then
the responsibility that comes of being who he is, I think we
address that in the film...
"We made this film and we actually canned it for six months because
we realised with all the rumours coming, we couldn't address them
all, and we'd be sitting there defending and having to prove this,
that and the other...
"We decided to have him address everything, so in the film, he
actually does a three-hour sit-down interview and we chopped it up
and put the best bits in the film... Jon asked him really hard
questions, like, 'People think you're the next trainwreck; what do
you say about that?' or 'This happened. What really happened?', to
the point where he broke down at one point and he said, 'Put it all
on the film.'"
Justin Bieber's Believe concert documentary is set to hit movie
theatres on Christmas Day (25Dec13) and Braun insists fans and
critics will learn a lot from the film.
He added, "I think this movie was kinda liberating. I think the
last movie, Never Say Never, did extremely well and it represented
hope, it represented a kid who came from nothing and lived the
dream, and this movie is what happens when you get knocked down...
This movie shows Justin facing adversity and how he's really
responding to it... so this movie really addresses that..."