News of One Direction star Liam Payne’s death has rocked the world, with the singer-songwriter tragically falling to his death from a hotel balcony in Argentina.
The 31-year-old shot to global superstardom as part of the five-piece boyband One Direction, formed on reality TV show The X Factor in 2010. Alongside Payne, the band included Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson.
Since their formation, they established themselves as one of the world’s biggest pop groups. They have been the subject of multiple concert films and documentaries, from One Direction: The Only Way Is Up in 2012 through to 2013’s feature-length One Direction: This Is Us, and concert film One Direction: Where We Are.
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Payne’s final Instagram post before his death was a tribute to documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock. The post shows a picture of the One Direction band members posing with Spurlock, along with the caption: “Rest in peace Morgan Spurlock it was a pleasure working with you.”
Spurlock died from cancer at the age of 53 in May this year, prompting Payne’s memorial post. But what else is known about the pair’s relationship?
The pair are connected as Spurlock directed the One Direction documentary This Is Us. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker was most recognisable for his 2004 film, Super Size Me, in which he lived solely on a diet of only McDonald’s for 30 days and charted how it impacted his health. It prompted the fast-food chain to scrap its Super Size option.
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He released a sequel to Super Size Me in 2019 titled Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken, in which he opened his own fast food restaurant.
Aside from his work with One Direction, Spurlock also made films about the US war in Afghanistan, titled Where in the World is Osama bin Laden. He took on consumer marketing in The Greatest Movie Ever Sold and explored topics such as gambling and care for the elderly in CNN series Morgan Spurlock’s Inside Man.
One Direction: This Is Us is available to rent or buy on Amazon Prime Video
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