Blake Fielder-Civil says Amy Winehouse fans have threatened to kill him for introducing her to heroin - as he says Back To Black biopic is 'accurate' after star's friends accused filmmakers of making him 'look like a Disney prince'

Amy Winehouse's ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil has denied that a new portrayal of the late soul singer's life is not a 'whitewash' of the role he played in introducing her to drugs - as he said he continues to receive death threats from devoted fans.

Blake Fielder-Civil met Amy in the early-to-mid-2000s, marrying her in 2007 before divorcing her to 'set her free' - but their tumultuous relationship saw him introduce her to heroin, for which devotees of the star have never forgiven him.

The 41-year-old is portrayed by Jack O'Connell in new biopic Back To Black, which has been slammed as a 'whitewash' of some aspects of Amy's life - including its portrayal of Blake, described by one friend as akin to a 'Disney prince'.

But Blake says the film is an 'accurate' representation of the relationship he had with Amy, who died in 2011 at the age of 27 - adding that he continues to 'bear the cross' of her death and receives death threats online.

Other stars have defended the film's portrayal of Amy, played by Marisa Abela, and those around her including Mitch, who has endorsed the film after criticising unflinching 2015 documentary Amy's portrayal of him as an uncaring father.

Blake told Good Morning Britain he saw the film on Thursday, ahead of its general release today - and denied claims made by friends of Amy that the film inaccurately portrayed him 'like a Disney prince'.

'It's a surreal experience watching a film about somebody you recognise - same with Jack, that played me,' he said.

'We were together, we were totally in love - from that to the addiction there were difficult parts to process.

'It was almost therapeutic in a way - I was seeing a more accurate representation of the relationship.

'Not being in the sense of being kind of like a whitewash - just in the sense it wasn't all about addiction. As much as that may be the salacious element, it was only an aspect (of the relationship).'

Blake, who recently got a new teardrop tattoo below his right eye, told Kate Garraway and Adil Ray he had done 'nothing but try to take responsibility for quite a long time' for the role he played in Amy's addictions.

He admitted in a 2013 interview that he had introduced the singer to heroin after using it himself 'three or four times'. 

But in 2015 he sought to distance himself from claims his choices contributed to her eventual death, telling an interviewer Amy 'did have other addictions before she met me'.

'I don't speak about it often but I felt I've done pretty much nothing but try to take responsibility for quite a long time - it's been a cross to bear,' he told GMB.

'I've had death threats online and on social media - Amy inspires a lot of fierce fandom and devotion.'

And asked if he regretted introducing her to the hard drug, he said: 'The idea of heroin obviously it's a horrible, terrible drug - I was in addiction as well. It's not as black and white as that.

'I was a very very young person and I thought I had all the answers. Of course I regret any drugs. 

'If I had known how it was going to (end up) I would've been far more careful about the things I was doing and the people I was doing it with.'

Blake says he hasn't spoken to Amy's father Mitch in years - but believes Amy would want the two to make amends.

'I think Mitch seeing the film would also see parts of the film where he thought, "Oh maybe I shouldn’t have done this." 

'He may have regrets like I have mine, not as profound as mine, I shouldn’t wonder. 

'I think one thing that comes from the film is Amy was a peacemaker and I thought, watching the film yesterday, she probably would want me and Mitch to… we don’t need to be best friends, but I wouldn’t mind having a conversation. 

'Mitch is a father, I'm a father, I understand his position on me, I really do.

'But I hope he could see there was genuinely love there, and I loved Amy very, very much, and she loved me too.

'If there was anything that could bring her back, I would obviously (do it). She was always saying we two (Mitch and Blake) should speak.'

Back To Black, directed by Nowhere Boy filmmaker Sam Taylor-Johnson, has been criticised for its allegedly overly sympathetic portrayals of Blake.  

The Mail's Peter Hoskin questioned Blake's 'saintly' portrayal by Jack O'Connell, adding: 'Back To Black shies away from the ugly stuff so thoroughly that it sometimes looks like a perfume ad: soft-focused and pretty.' 

One friend told the Mail: ‘It’s more like they’re a loved up Disney Princess and her Prince – Blake comes across as a charming and loveable rogue, rather than a thoroughly broken drug addict who dragged Amy into the depths of depravity.' 

Another added of the movie, which is out today: 'Amy looks lovely and innocent, and her music and talent comes across beautifully, but to let Blake off the hook is just wrong.'

Sam Taylor-Johnson has said of the portrayal of Blake: 'We had to understand why Amy fell in love with him, so it wasn't about making a one-dimensional villain.

'We had to fall in love with him to understand why she wrote one of the greatest albums about their love.

'In terms of Blake, it wasn't my place to cast judgement on somebody who was obviously an addict, and on the two of them having this intense, albeit toxic, love affair.'

Critics also questioned the portrayal of Amy's father Mitch Winehouse, played by Eddie Marsan. The movie has been endorsed by the Winehouse estate. 

Eddie has said he did not want to play a role that 'sanitised him or demonised him', adding that he thought Mitch was a 'loving father... in an impossible situation.' 

Blake last spoke about his turbulent relationship with Amy - who later wrote signature song Back To Black about him after he left her for an ex-girlfriend - in September, when he said he would change 'almost everything' about his earlier life.

He told GMB last year: 'If it wasn't for certain factors I think it could have been a different outcome. Everything happened very quickly for Amy. We were young.' 

Blake added of Amy's addictions:  'I do (get blamed for them) and that's okay. I can't change what other people feel about that, but for me personally, I needed to stop carrying that burden. I've carried it for over 10 years.

'I'm the only person within that story that's ever held any accountability, I tried to say I made some huge mistakes. I was a 20 something old drug addict.'

The pair married in Miami in 2007 after an on-off relationship and were pictured months later after a furious bust-up where it emerged they had been taking heroin.

The following year, Blake was jailed for his part in an assault on a pub landlord which led to Amy's famous Grammy Awards tribute to, 'my Blake, incarcerated'.

Blake filed for divorce from the singer shortly after his release.

He had a son in May 2011, two months after Amy's death, while his daughter Lola was born in April 2013.

Following Amy's death in 2011, an inquest gave a verdict of misadventure after finding that she had 416mg of alcohol per decilitre in her blood; a second inquest concluded she died of accidental alcohol poisoning.