guy ritchieGuy Ritchie has revealed he’s based a character in his new film RocknRolla on Pete Doherty.

He told Empire magazine recently: “At the time I was writing it, Pete Doherty was everywhere.

“[Pete’s behaviour] is either genius marketing or a happy - or unhappy - accident … It’s creative self-destruction in the sense that he’s doing it creatively.

“There seems to be an implication that people want to see him [commit suicide]. But at the same time there’s a desire to see the likes of him being reborn.

“I think what we all like is someone who fell and then stood up again. And that’s probably the story with Pete Doherty.”