Marisa Abela and Jack O'Connell transform into Amy Winehouse and Blake ... trends now

Marisa Abela and Jack O'Connell transformed into Amy Winehouse and Blake Fielder-Civil as they continued filming Back To Black in London.

The actress 26, was the spitting image of the late musician, who died from alcohol poisoning aged 27 in 2011, as she filmed for the much-anticipated biopic.

The filming comes after Mitch Winehouse has defended the controversial casting choice for the new biopic - after many claimed Marisa and Amy don't look enough alike.

Dad Mitch disagrees with the backlash as he shared this week that Marisa is a 'great choice', admitting it doesn't matter if they 'don't look exactly alike'. 

The Hollywood biopic, named Back To Black, is currently filming in London and will document the life of the legendary star up until her death at the age of 27.

Chatting with TMZ on the new release about his daughter, Mitch said: 'Marisa is Marisa and Amy is Amy ... so it's no big deal if they aren't mirror images. 

'Marisa is a great choice for the role.'

He continued that Eddie doesn't look exactly like him either, noting: 'there’s too much emphasis on looks.

'Because there’s plenty of Hollywood examples of actors not looking like their real-life character.'

Mitch's defense comes as the casting choice of Marisa, who is known for playing Yasmin in BBC One TV series Industry, left many fans divided as they took to social media.

One fan Tweeted: 'Marisa Abela is a good actress but anyone who thinks she looks anything like Amy Winehouse needs to make an appointment with their eye doctor'.

'Marisa Abela looks nothing like Amy Winehouse,' echoed another.