Ananova:

Rio Ferdinand has been out and about at the premiere for Dead Man Running, a new British film he helped finance along with his England teammate Ashley Cole.

His appearance on the red carpet comes at a time when Rio is under pressure on the pitch, with some claiming his off-field activities are too distracting.

Ferdinand though thinks fans should stop worrying.

"I've never done anything I thought would get in the way of my football," he said.

"Doing this, I was doing it mainly from the comfort of my home."

Dead Man Running tells the story of an ex-con given twenty-four hours to raise a hundred thousand pounds.

It stars Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson, Danny Dyer, Tamar Hassan, Brenda Blethyn and Monet Mazur.