3 and Out is the new comedy movie starring Mackenzie Crook (Gareth from The Office) about a man trying to get paid off from his job as a London tube driver by killing a third suicider in as many weeks.

Typically for “Whinge Britain” - the land in which everyone has to have something to complain about - tube drivers have taken exception to this. You can feel the tears welling up, can’t you?

So Crook and his costars have got together to defend the movie, and rightly so.

Drivers’ union Aslef has criticised the film for its “insulting” storyline.

Crook, who said he was “very proud” of the British-made movie, said he was “disappointed” people had been “jumping to conclusions”.

“They’re imagining we’ve made a very distasteful, bad-taste film, which we haven’t,” he said while promoting Three and Out in central London.

The movie also features Colm Meaney (ex of Star Trek, Far and Away) who said that the film was more about relationships than suicide.

“It’s about two guys who meet in the most bizarre circumstances, become friends and learn to care about each other.”

“I don’t think anyone involved in the film would argue that suicide is a laughing matter,” he told BBC News.

“But this film is not about suicide, and I think anyone who sees the film will see that clearly.”

London Underground allowed filming of the movie at stations, which also carry promotional posters for the film that is released on 25 April, and is directed by Jonathan Gershfield.

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Tags: 3 and out, colm meaney, london underground, mackenzie crook, suicide, tube train

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