Sienna Miller has been on the receiving end of a number of death threats over her involvement in the film Interview.

This is a film about a fading political journalist (played by Steve Buscemi) who is forced to interview America’s most popular soap actress (Miller). Not much to complain about there, so what’s the problem?

Well, Interview is a remake of a 2003 film made by Theo van Gogh - the director who was brutally murdered in 2004 following the release of Submission, which attempted to highlight the violence against women in Islamic societies.

Interview has nothing to do with Submission, but the mere association with van Gogh seems to be enough for Islamic fundamentalists to start making threats and, given what happened to van Gogh, these are not threats that can be taken lightly.

According to a member of the film crew: “Sienna refuses to give in to these threats. The film hasn’t got anything to do with Islam. But because it’s being made as a tribute to Theo, the Islamic fundamentalists have hit the roof.”

Three cheers, then, for Sienna.

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