I got too fed up with films that didn't make you think. I liked the idea of one that you'd have to be dancing around with. I like my mind to be engaged when I watch a film.

From 1973 until 1980 when they divorced Ritchie's mother was married to Sir Michael Leighton 11th baronet. In addition to his elder sister Tabitha a dance instructor Ritchie has a half-brother Kevin Bayton who was born to Amber Parkinson when Guy Ritchie was a teenager and given up for adoption. Their daughter was born in November 2012.