When you’re in for a long wait, you may as well be comfy.

So these young One Direction fans turned up in London yesterday with cosy onesies, blankets and tents as they bagged their places for the band’s movie premiere tonight.

Holding bundles of photos awaiting autographs from their idols, the teenagers, many accompanied by parents, slept out in Leicester Square with around 70,000 expected to be there by the time the premiere kicks off.

 

Some dedicated Directioners have slept out since the weekend, desperate to be first in line to catch a glimpse of their idols.

In a bid to limit the crowds, organisers are encouraging people to stay away and watch from home:

'Event staff on the ground, the Metropolitan Police and Westminster City Council will be working together to ensure the safety of fans, guests and staff on the day,' a spokesman says. 

 

'We would like to remind fans that the red carpet is being streamed live all over the world, so they can get the best views from the comfort of their own homes."

The band have even been warned not to celebrate after the premiere, with Niall Horan revealing: 

'The "after show police" have been trying to stop us doing anything because they'll be so many fans trying to get in. We were told that up to 70,000 fans could come along to the premiere. It will shut central London down.'

 

 

 

The film, made by ‘Super Size Me’ director Morgan Spurlock, follows their life on the road during their rise to worldwide fame.

Payne, 19, said the band’s fans were ‘crazy’ but thanked them for their support.

 

 

 

He said: ‘To be honest this is why we wanted to make the film because we have some of the best fans in the world so that’s why we wanted to do it.

‘We think they are second to none and the dedication they show is amazing.

Definitely PG: Many of the girls (and boys) sleeping in the square are so young they have their parents with them as over-night supervisors

 

‘We see some of the craziness and there was a day in Amsterdam where we were stuck in a shop because of couple of hundred girls grabbing and pushing.

‘Watching it back in the film it is mad. But it is exciting.’ 

 

 

In a recent documentary, ‘Crazy about One Direction’, Channel 4 explored the obsessive world of the group’s fanbase.

 

The programme looked at how social media sites has fuelled the bands huge following and the disturbing lengths some fans would go to just to know a little more about the boys.

 

 

He said: ‘We just want to show what we’re about and with social media and stuff there’s only so much you can get across in terms of your personality.’ 

 

 

 

Speaking of social media the boys took to their Twitter accounts on Monday night to answer questions from fans alongside This Is Us director Morgan Spurlock. 

During the two hour char the hashtag #1DMovieChat was used more than 400K times with the boys answering as many questions as they could. 

Down to earth Zayn respondedto a question about whether fame had changed them: ' Definitely NOT I'm still as weird as before.'

 

 

 

 

Liam meanwhile took a question about whether he sings One Direction songs off stage: 'Off the new album, definitely can't wait for you guys to hear it, they have become my shower songs', he cheekily replied.

Harry meanwhile stayed loyal when asked who he would love to work with, naming his best pal:

'Ed Sheeran is & will always be the most talented guy I've ever met. It'd be amazing to work with him.'

The group, which were formed by Simon Cowell, met on reality talent show The X Factor in 2010.

Despite finishing in third place the band have topped charts on both sides of the Atlantic, becoming the first British act to top the Billboard chart with their debut album.

They have an estimated combined-worth of £27million.