Pearce defends Factory Girl

Australian actor Guy Pearce has defended his latest film Factory Girl and his co-star Sienna Miller against a barrage of scathing reviews.

Pearce played artist Andy Warhol opposite Miller's Edie Sedgwick in the George Hickenlooper-directed movie.

The film received a lot of negative reviews and critics have been mixed in their opinion of Miller's acting ability.

Pearce says: "Most critical comments are completely unjustified.

"They come from jealously.

"Somebody like Sienna comes along who's clearly a very smart, very intelligent, brilliant, great actress… and her attitude, and mine, is: 'Good luck in your next life guys.'"